Update the GHA helper-script create-new-issue.js

[yielderdev]

Overview

We need to update the GHA helper-script create-new-issue.js to eliminate future technical debt.

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Overview

We need to update the GHA helper-script create-new-issue.js¹ to import the current Agenda Issue number from static-issue-nums.json to eliminate future technical debt.

Details

1. We should update the GHA helper-script create-new-issue.js to import the current Agenda Issue number from static-issue-nums.jsonrather than using a local hard-coded constant, so that only static-issue-nums.json needs to be updated when the Agenda Issue number changes.

2. If we do not, each year when the Agenda Issue number is updated, the Agenda Issue number will need to be updated in multiple locations.

Action Items

• Require the static-issue-nums.json in create-new-issue.js¹ with the following :

const STATIC_ISSUE_NUMS = require("../../utils/_data/static-issue-nums.json");

• Update the postComment() call currently using AGENDA_ISSUE_NUM to instead use STATIC_ISSUE_NUMS.AGENDA
• When you open your pull request, at the bottom your main body add this text:

### For Merge Team
- When this issue is ready to merge, test the github action before using.

Resources

• Associated ER: #8524
• Related issue this emerged from: #8451
• Loading JSON files in CJS: https://blog.logrocket.com/reading-writing-json-files-node-js-complete-tutorial/

Footnotes

1. create-new-issue.js ↩ ↩²