attempt to use mergify instead.

Author: Kalamatee

.github/mergify.yml

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+# .github/mergify.yml
+pull_request_rules:
+  - name: "Auto approve and merge PRs from master to azure-pipelines"
+    conditions:
+      - "base=azure-pipelines"   # Target branch is azure-pipelines
+      - "head=master"             # Source branch is master
+    actions:
+      approve:
+        # Approve the PR
+        message: "Auto-approved because it's from master to azure-pipelines."
+      merge:
+        # Merge the PR once it's approved
+        method: squash
+        commit_message: "Sync master into azure-pipelines"
+        merge_commit_message: "Automated PR to sync master into azure-pipelines"
+        strict: false  # Allow the merge to happen even if there are merge conflicts (optional)