From 295b7a6a9b4265c7cc17409694ba3e5883a31b51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sayali Gaikawad <gaiksaya@amazon.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:06:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor branch deletion for backports

Signed-off-by: Sayali Gaikawad <gaiksaya@amazon.com>
---
 .github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml | 36 ++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml b/.github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml
index 387a124b8cb6a..67ede6ef5558c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
-name: Delete merged branch of the backport PRs
-on: 
-  pull_request:
-    types:
-      - closed
+---
+  name: Delete merged branch of the backport PRs
+  on:
+    pull_request:
+      types:
+        - closed
   
-jobs:
-  delete-branch:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref,'backport/')
-    steps:
-      - name: Delete merged branch
-        uses: SvanBoxel/delete-merged-branch@main
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  jobs:
+    delete-branch:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      permissions:
+        contents: write
+      if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref,'backport/')
+      steps:
+        - name: Delete branch
+          uses: actions/github-script@v5
+          with:
+            script: |
+              github.rest.git.deleteRef({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                ref: `heads/${context.payload.pull_request.head.ref}`,
+              })