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+# Workflow derived from https://solutions.posit.co/operations/deploy-methods/ci-cd/github-actions/#overview-of-deploying-to-connect
+
+name: write-manifest
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [dev]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [dev]
+
+jobs:
+  write-manifest:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: 'renv'
+          use-public-rspm: true
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-renv@v2
+
+      - name: install required packages
+        run: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("rsconnect"))'
+
+      - name: Create manifest.json
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+        run: |
+          rsconnect::writeManifest()
+          
+      - name: commit results
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
+          git config --local user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add manifest.json || echo "WARN: manifest.json was not updated"
+          git commit -m 'Re-build manifest file' || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push origin || echo "No changes to commit"