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-# GitHub Action that uses close-issue auto-close empty issues after they are opened.
-# If the issue body text is empty the Action auto-closes it and sends a notification.
-# Otherwise if the issue body is not empty, it does nothing and the issue remains open.
-# https://github.com/marketplace/actions/close-issue
-
-name: auto_close_empty_issues
-on:
-  issues:
-    types: [opened]
-jobs:
-  check-issue-body-not-empty:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - if: github.event.issue.body == 0
-        name: Close Issue
-        uses: peter-evans/close-issue@v1
-        with:
-          comment: |
-            Issue body must contain content.
-            Auto-closing this issue.