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+name: Trigger Private CI
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created, edited]
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+    branches: [ros2-hkr]
+
+jobs:
+  doTriggerPrivateCI:
+    if: |
+      (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && github.event.issue.pull_request && github.event.comment.body == 'rebuild!') ||
+      (github.event_name == 'pull_request_target') ||
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    timeout-minutes: 35
+    steps:
+      - name: Generate GitHub App Token
+        id: generate_token
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1.7.0
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.AUTH_APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.AUTH_APP_CLIENT_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Trigger Build in Private Repo
+        uses: dacbd/create-issue-action@v1.2.1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          repo: realsense-ros-private-ci
+          title: CheckPublicPR
+          body: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+
+#ToDo:
+# on the rebuild! comment, there's an issue with the sha pointing to something other than pr/merge,
+#     therefore, for 'rebuild!' we need to take the sha from github.event, and not github.sha
+
+#ToDo:
+# manual trigger although present, does not work, as PR number is required
+
+#ToDo:
+# support running on tips of branches rather than on Pull Request
+
+#ToDo:
+# the rebuild!! comment trigger is not limited to the ros2-development branch