From 17043dd0e5276e8df28e4f1a05c9f1a7b4a26bdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Peeples <joe.peeples@elastic.co>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 14:11:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Create delete-serverless-dir-in-backports.yml (#5300)

(cherry picked from commit bd471517a7733104de844f087bc0935ac0ea5dd7)
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 .../delete-serverless-dir-in-backports.yml    | 35 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/delete-serverless-dir-in-backports.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/delete-serverless-dir-in-backports.yml b/.github/workflows/delete-serverless-dir-in-backports.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef25ff2e23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/delete-serverless-dir-in-backports.yml
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+name: Delete serverless directory in backports
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '7.*'
+      - '8.*'
+
+jobs:
+  check-and-delete-serverless:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Check for existence of docs/serverless directory
+      id: check_serverless
+      run: |
+        if [ -d "docs/serverless" ]; then
+          echo "SERVERLESS_EXISTS=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        else
+          echo "SERVERLESS_EXISTS=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        fi
+    - name: Delete docs/serverless directory if it exists
+      if: env.SERVERLESS_EXISTS == 'true'
+      run: |
+        rm -rf docs/serverless
+        git config pull.rebase true
+        git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+        git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+        git add .
+        git commit -m "Delete docs/serverless directory and its contents"
+        git pull origin ${{ github.head_ref }}
+        git push origin HEAD:${{ github.head_ref }}