From 9e8d2e70bd6b3efefe929368afc4bb3be877941f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Etan Kissling <etan@status.im>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 21:30:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] block pull requests to `stable` (#6001)

* block pull requests to `stable`

Pull requests should be opened against the `unstable` branch.
See https://nimbus.guide/contribute.html#build-and-deploy

* avoid deleting branch to mimic manual close

* avoid triggering on dependabot PRs
---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml       |  2 ++
 .github/workflows/pr_block.yml | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/pr_block.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6cbd43d88f..cbc68378b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ on:
       - unstable
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore: ['media/**', 'docs/**', '**/*.md']
+    branches-ignore:
+      - stable
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency: # Cancel stale PR builds (but not push builds)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_block.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_block.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c71f51c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_block.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# beacon_chain
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Status Research & Development GmbH
+# Licensed and distributed under either of
+#   * MIT license (license terms in the root directory or at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
+#   * Apache v2 license (license terms in the root directory or at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
+# at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
+
+name: PR block
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - stable
+
+jobs:
+  close:
+    name: "Close pull request"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Close
+        run: |
+          gh pr close ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --comment \
+          'Pull requests to the `stable` branch are not allowed.
+          Please open your pull request against the `unstable` branch.
+          See https://nimbus.guide/contribute.html#build-and-deploy'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}