From a8a2bbe27f71e418b6f80345b8b4f2826ea68d84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chiedo John <2156688+chiedo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:30:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Allow Repo Sync to continue running during freezes (#17924)

When we do deploy changes during freezes, we want them kept in sync with
the public github/docs repo. Especially during GitHub events.

Co-authored-by: chiedo <chiedo@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Rachael Sewell <rachmari@github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/repo-freeze-check.yml |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/repo-sync-stalls.yml  | 15 +--------------
 .github/workflows/repo-sync.yml         | 14 --------------
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-freeze-check.yml b/.github/workflows/repo-freeze-check.yml
index a1389ba313..b50ebc2754 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-freeze-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-freeze-check.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Fail if repo merges are paused
-        if: ${{ env.FREEZE == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ env.FREEZE == 'true' && github.ref != 'refs/heads/repo-sync' }}
         run: |
           echo 'Merges into the "main" branch on this repo are currently paused!'
           exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-sync-stalls.yml b/.github/workflows/repo-sync-stalls.yml
index 69729de8ef..8a83dd9777 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-sync-stalls.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-sync-stalls.yml
@@ -5,20 +5,7 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 */2 * * *'
 
-env:
-  FREEZE: ${{ secrets.FREEZE }}
-
 jobs:
-  check-freezer:
-    name: Check for deployment freezes
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Exit if repo is frozen
-        if: ${{ env.FREEZE == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          echo 'The repo is currently frozen! Exiting this workflow.'
-          exit 1 # prevents further steps from running
-
   repo-sync-stalls:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -60,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
             })
       - name: Send Slack notification if workflow fails
         uses: someimportantcompany/github-actions-slack-message@0b470c14b39da4260ed9e3f9a4f1298a74ccdefd
-        if: ${{ failure() && env.FREEZE != 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
         with:
           channel: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
           bot-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_DOCS_BOT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
index 90664d9bb5..cbc20bbc53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
@@ -11,24 +11,10 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '*/15 * * * *' # every 15 minutes
 
-env:
-  FREEZE: ${{ secrets.FREEZE }}
-
 jobs:
-  check-freezer:
-    name: Check for deployment freezes
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Exit if repo is frozen
-        if: ${{ env.FREEZE == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          echo 'The repo is currently frozen! Exiting this workflow.'
-          exit 1 # prevents further steps from running
-
   repo-sync:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
     name: Repo Sync
-    needs: check-freezer
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo