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-name: Contributor Membership Check
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, synchronize]
-  merge_group:
-permissions: read-all
-
-jobs:
-  check_membership:
-    name: Contributor Membership Check
-    runs-on: spacetimedb-runner
-    steps:
-      - name: Verify author is contributor
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ORG_READ_TOKEN }}
-          CONTRIB_ORG: clockworklabs
-          PR_AUTHOR: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login || (github.event_name == 'merge_group' && github.event.sender.login) || null }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ $(gh api --paginate /orgs/$CONTRIB_ORG/members --jq 'any(.login == env.PR_AUTHOR)') != true ]]; then
-            echo "::error::$PR_AUTHOR is not a member of the organization"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-