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.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml

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+name: Bug Report
+description: Report a bug
+title: "Bug Report Title"
+labels: ["type: bug", triage]
+# TODO: consider adding types here instead of label
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        Thanks for taking the time to fill out this bug report!
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: issue-summary
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue Summary
+      description: Also tell us, what did you expect to happen?
+      placeholder: Tell us what you see!
+      value: "please detail your issue"
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: input
+    id: ansible-version
+    attributes:
+      label: Ansible version
+      description: If relevant, provide the Ansible version.
+
+  - type: input
+    id: python-version
+    attributes:
+      label: Python version
+      description: If relevant, on which Python version(s) have you found this bug?
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: step-to-reproduce
+    attributes:
+      label: Steps to reproduce
+      description: Please copy and paste any relevant inputs to reproduce your issue.
+      render: shell
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: logs
+    attributes:
+      label: Relevant log output
+      description: Please copy and paste any relevant log output. This will be automatically formatted into code.
+      render: shell
+
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: terms
+    attributes:
+      label: Contributing Guide
+      description: |
+        By submitting this issue, you agree to follow our
+        [contribution guide](https://github.com/arista-netdevops-community/ansible-community-collection/CONTRIBUTE.md)
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow this project Code of Conduct
+          required: true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature-request.yml

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+name: Feature Request
+description: Ask for new feature or feature enhancement
+title: "Feature request Title"
+labels: ["type: enhancement", triage]
+# TODO: consider adding types here instead of label
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        Thanks for taking the time to fill out this feature request!
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: feature-summary
+    attributes:
+      label: Enhancement summary
+      value: "please detail your feature enhancement"
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: feature-use-case
+    attributes:
+      label: Use case example
+      value: "please detail your use case"
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: expected-solution
+    attributes:
+      label: Describe the solution you would like
+      description: A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: alternative-solution
+    attributes:
+      label: Describe alternatives you have considered
+      description: A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you have considered.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: additional-context
+    attributes:
+      label: Additional context
+      description: Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: terms
+    attributes:
+      label: Contributing Guide
+      description: |
+        By submitting this issue, you agree to follow our
+        [contribution guide](https://github.com/arista-netdevops-community/ansible-community-collection/CONTRIBUTE.md)
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow this project Code of Conduct
+          required: true

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/pull_request_template.md

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+## Change Summary
+
+<!-- Enter short PR description -->
+
+## Related Issue(s)
+
+Fixes #<ISSUE ID>
+
+## Proposed changes
+<!--- Describe your changes in detail -->
+<!--- Describe data model implemented for new features -->
+
+## How to test
+<!--- Please describe in detail how you tested your changes. -->
+<!--- Include details of your testing environment, and the tests you ran to -->
+
+## Checklist
+
+### User Checklist
+
+<!-- Add your own checklist using MD syntax and by replacing N/A -->
+- N/A
+
+### Repository Checklist
+
+<!--- Go over all the following points, and put an `x` in all the boxes that apply. -->
+<!--- If you're unsure about any of these, don't hesitate to ask. We're here to help! -->
+- [ ] My code has been rebased from `main` before I started.
+- [ ] I have read the [contribution guide](https://github.com/arista-netdevops-community/ansible-community-collection/CONTRIBUTE.md).
+- [ ] My change requires a change to the documentation and the documentation has been updated accordingly.

.github/actions/rn-pr-labeler-action/action.yml

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+name: "rn-pr-labeler"
+author: "@gmuloc"
+description: "Parse a conventional commit compliant PR title and add it as a label to the PR with the prefix 'rn: '"
+inputs:
+  auto_create_label:
+    description: "Boolean to indicate if the label should be auto created"
+    required: false
+    default: false
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: 'Looking up existing "rn:" label'
+      run: |
+        echo "OLD_LABEL=$(gh pr view ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --json labels -q .labels[].name | grep 'rn: ')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      shell: bash
+    - name: 'Delete existing "rn:" label if found'
+      run: gh pr edit ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --remove-label "${{ env.OLD_LABEL }}"
+      shell: bash
+      if: ${{ env.OLD_LABEL }}
+    - name: Set Label
+      # Using toJSON to support ' and " in commit messages
+      # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73363167/github-actions-how-to-escape-characters-in-commit-message
+      run: echo "LABEL=$(echo ${{ toJSON(github.event.pull_request.title) }} | cut -d ':' -f 1 | tr -d ' ' | tr ',' '|')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      shell: bash
+      # an alternative to verifying if the target label already exist is to
+      # create the label with --force in the next step, it will keep on changing
+      # the color of the label though so it may not be desirable.
+    - name: Check if label exist
+      run: |
+        EXIST=$(gh label list -L 100 --search "rn:" --json name -q '.[] | select(.name=="rn: ${{ env.LABEL }}").name')
+        echo "EXIST=$EXIST" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Create Label if auto-create and label does not exist already
+      run: |
+        gh label create "rn: ${{ env.LABEL }}"
+      shell: bash
+      if: ${{ inputs.auto_create_label  && ! env.EXIST }}
+    - name: Labelling PR
+      run: |
+        gh pr edit ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --add-label "rn: ${{ env.LABEL }}"
+      shell: bash

.github/check-git-status.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Purpose: Molecule runner for github-action
+# Author: @titom73
+# Date: 2020-12-16
+# Version: 1.1
+# License: APACHE
+# --------------------------------------
+
+echo "Script running from ${PWD}"
+
+# Set default values
+INPUT_CHECK_GIT="${INPUT_CHECK_GIT:-true}"
+INPUT_CHECK_GIT_ENFORCED="${INPUT_CHECK_GIT_ENFORCED:-true}"
+
+if [ ${INPUT_CHECK_GIT} = "true" ]; then
+    git config core.fileMode false
+    echo "  * Run Git Verifier because CHECK_GIT is set to ${INPUT_CHECK_GIT}"
+    # if git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
+    GIT_STATUS="$(git status --porcelain)"
+    if  [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
+        echo "'git status --porcelain' failed to run - something is wrong"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ -n "$GIT_STATUS" ]; then
+        # Some changes
+        echo 'Some changes'
+        echo '------------'
+        git --no-pager status --short
+        echo ''
+        echo 'Diffs are:'
+        echo '------------'
+        git --no-pager diff
+        if [ ${INPUT_CHECK_GIT_ENFORCED} = "true" ]; then
+            exit 1
+        else
+            exit 0
+        fi
+    else
+        # No Changes
+        echo '    - No change found after running Molecule'
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo "  * Git verifier skipped as not set to true"
+fi

.github/dependabot.yml

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+---
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Maintain dependencies for Python
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directories:
+      - "/"
+      - "/ansible_collections/arista/community/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+    pull-request-branch-name:
+      separator: "/"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "Bump(requirements): "
+      prefix-development: "CI(requirements):"
+  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "CI: "

.github/generate_release.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2025 Arista Networks, Inc.
+# Use of this source code is governed by the Apache License 2.0
+# that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+"""
+generate_release.py.
+
+This script is used to generate the release.yml file as per
+https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import yaml
+
+SCOPES = [
+    "build_output_folders",
+    "dhcp_provisioner",
+    "eos_validate_state",
+    "plugins",
+    "requirements",
+    "containers",
+]
+
+# CI and Test are excluded from Release Notes
+CATEGORIES = {
+    "Feat": "Features",
+    "Fix": "Bug Fixes",
+    "Cut": "Cut",
+    "Doc": "Documentation",
+    # Excluding "CI": "CI",
+    "Bump": "Bump",
+    # Excluding "Test": "Test",
+    "Revert": "Revert",
+    "Refactor": "Refactoring",
+}
+
+
+class SafeDumper(yaml.SafeDumper):
+    """
+    Make yamllint happy.
+
+    https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/234#issuecomment-765894586
+    """
+
+    # pylint: disable=R0901,W0613,W1113
+
+    def increase_indent(self, flow: bool = False, *_args: Any, **_kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        return super().increase_indent(flow=flow, indentless=False)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exclude_list = []
+    categories_list = []
+    other_scopes = SCOPES
+
+    # First add exclude labels
+    for scope in SCOPES:
+        exclude_list.append(f"rn: Test({scope})")
+        exclude_list.append(f"rn: CI({scope})")
+    exclude_list.extend(["rn: Test", "rn: CI"])
+
+    # Then add the categories
+    # First add Breaking Changes
+    breaking_label_categories = ["Feat", "Fix", "Cut", "Revert", "Refactor", "Bump"]
+    breaking_labels = [f"rn: {cc_type}({scope})!" for cc_type in breaking_label_categories for scope in SCOPES]
+    breaking_labels.extend([f"rn: {cc_type}!" for cc_type in breaking_label_categories])
+
+    categories_list.append(
+        {
+            "title": "Breaking Changes",
+            "labels": breaking_labels,
+        },
+    )
+    # Add other fixes
+    other_fixes_labels = [f"rn: Fix({scope})" for scope in SCOPES]
+    other_fixes_labels.append("rn: Fix")
+
+    categories_list.append(
+        {
+            "title": "Fixed issues",
+            "labels": other_fixes_labels,
+        },
+    )
+
+    # Add Documentation
+    doc_labels = [f"rn: Doc({scope})" for scope in SCOPES]
+    doc_labels.append("rn: Doc")
+
+    categories_list.append(
+        {
+            "title": "Documentation",
+            "labels": doc_labels,
+        },
+    )
+
+    # Add new features
+    other_feat_labels = [f"rn: Feat({scope})" for scope in SCOPES]
+    other_feat_labels.append("rn: Feat")
+
+    categories_list.append(
+        {
+            "title": "New features and enhancements",
+            "labels": other_feat_labels,
+        },
+    )
+
+    # Add the catch all
+    categories_list.append(
+        {
+            "title": "Other Changes",
+            "labels": ["*"],
+        },
+    )
+    with Path("release.yml").open("w", encoding="utf-8") as release_file:
+        yaml.dump(
+            {
+                "changelog": {
+                    "exclude": {"labels": exclude_list},
+                    "categories": categories_list,
+                },
+            },
+            release_file,
+            Dumper=SafeDumper,
+            sort_keys=False,
+        )