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+name: on merging to default branch
+
+on:
+   push:
+     branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          ref: develop
+
+      #  push changes to develop
+      - name: set global attributes
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "bmsteve96@gmail.com"
+          git config --global user.name "Benedict Steven"
+          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm install
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: bump version actions
+        uses: bmsteven/bump-version@1.0.3
+        with: 
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.TOKEN}}
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL}}
+          TARGET_BRANCH: master
+          DESTINATION_BRANCH: develop
+          APP_NAME: Engineering-blog
+
+      - name: update develop branch
+        run: |
+          git add package.json
+          git add changelog.md
+          git add action
+          git commit -m "Skip CI"
+          git push
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