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Since Automations cannot be used to execute on a set of repositories (local, ...

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
58/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start in the /workflows area and inspect how existing Automations are created and edited. Trace the repository selection flow, then define done as a way to duplicate an Automation into an independently editable copy whose repository can be changed.

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Description

Since Automations cannot be used to execute on a set of repositories (local, at least), I would like to be able to "duplicate" an automation, so I would simply update the repository, in the duplicated ones.

Field Value
App version 1.1.22
OS macOS 26.7.0
Theme GitHub
Path /workflows
Tenure Week 24
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