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+name: 'Sync to Template'
+
+on:
+  # cronjob trigger (minute, hour, day, month, day-of-week; here 1st of month)
+  # schedule:
+  # - cron:  "0 0 1 * *"
+  # manual trigger
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  repo-sync:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/assigning-permissions-to-jobs
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    steps:
+      # To use this repository's private action, you must check out the repository
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        # comment token (and add .github path to .templatesyncignore)
+        # if you do not want actions and workflows updated
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
+
+      - name: actions-template-sync
+        uses: AndreasAugustin/actions-template-sync@v2
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          source_repo_path: uwhackweek/splashpage-template
+          upstream_branch: main # defaults to main
+          is_force_deletion: True
+          git_remote_pull_params: --allow-unrelated-histories --squash --strategy=recursive -X theirs
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+# THIS FILE CANNOT BE SYNCED
+# use glob patterns as in .gitignore
+
+# may want to ignore in your implementation (uncomment the line with the filename [pattern])
+
+# configuration files
+# cookiecutter.yaml
+
+# team member files
+# team/*-*
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