From 08790b8d41ab0e229cdebafc4682274365431da0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mara Nikola Kiefer <mnkiefer@github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:32:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow syncing .md starter workflows to GHES

---
 script/sync-ghes/index.ts      | 12 ++++++++----
 script/sync-ghes/settings.json |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/script/sync-ghes/index.ts b/script/sync-ghes/index.ts
index b8b705e..8c10f41 100755
--- a/script/sync-ghes/index.ts
+++ b/script/sync-ghes/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { normalizeSvgIconName } from "../shared/icon-utils";
 interface WorkflowDesc {
   folder: string;
   id: string;
+  fileExtension: string;
   iconName?: string;
   iconType?: "svg" | "octicon";
 }
@@ -48,9 +49,10 @@ async function checkWorkflows(
     });
 
     for (const e of dir) {
-      if (e.isFile() && extname(e.name) === ".yml") {
+      if (e.isFile() && (".yml" === extname(e.name) || ".md" === extname(e.name))) {
+        const fileExtension = extname(e.name);
         const workflowFilePath = join(folder, e.name);
-        const workflowId = basename(e.name, extname(e.name));
+        const workflowId = basename(e.name, fileExtension);
         const workflowProperties: WorkflowProperties = require(join(
           folder,
           "properties",
@@ -67,11 +69,12 @@ async function checkWorkflows(
         const enabled =
           !isPartnerWorkflow &&
           (workflowProperties.enterprise === true || basename(folder) !== 'code-scanning') &&
-          (await checkWorkflow(workflowFilePath, enabledActions));
+          (fileExtension === ".md" || await checkWorkflow(workflowFilePath, enabledActions));
 
         const workflowDesc: WorkflowDesc = {
           folder,
           id: workflowId,
+          fileExtension,
           iconName: normalizedSvgIconName,
           iconType:
             normalizedSvgIconName && normalizedSvgIconName.startsWith("octicon") ? "octicon" : "svg",
@@ -189,7 +192,7 @@ async function checkWorkflow(
 
           // Don't touch read-only folders
           if (!settings.readOnlyFolders.includes(x.folder)) {
-            r.push(join(x.folder, `${x.id}.yml`));
+            r.push(join(x.folder, `${x.id}${x.fileExtension}`));
             r.push(join(x.folder, "properties", `${x.id}.properties.json`));
           };
 
@@ -210,6 +213,7 @@ async function checkWorkflow(
     // The v4 versions of upload and download artifact are not yet supported on GHES
     console.group("Updating all compatible workflows to use v3 of the artifact actions");
     for (const workflow of result.compatibleWorkflows) {
+      if (workflow.fileExtension !== ".yml") continue;
       const path = join(workflow.folder, `${workflow.id}.yml`);
       console.log(`Updating ${path}`);
       const contents = await fs.readFile(path, "utf8");
diff --git a/script/sync-ghes/settings.json b/script/sync-ghes/settings.json
index ce18eb6..1e70938 100644
--- a/script/sync-ghes/settings.json
+++ b/script/sync-ghes/settings.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     "../../ci",
     "../../automation",
     "../../code-scanning",
-    "../../pages"
+    "../../pages",
+    "../../agentic"
   ],
   "readOnlyFolders": [
     "../../pages"