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-name: Generate lockfile
-
-# Manual maintenance workflow: run this any time package.json's dependencies
-# change, to regenerate and commit package-lock.json. ci.yml already relies
-# on this lockfile (setup-node's `cache: npm` + `npm ci`), so a stale
-# lockfile will fail CI with a clear npm-ci mismatch error until this is run.
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-
-jobs:
-  generate-lockfile:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: "20"
-
-      - name: Install dependencies (generates package-lock.json)
-        run: npm install
-
-      - name: Commit lockfile if changed
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git add package-lock.json
-          # Use `git diff --cached` (staged), not plain `git diff` -- the
-          # latter only detects changes to already-tracked files and misses
-          # a brand-new, never-before-committed lockfile entirely.
-          if git diff --cached --quiet; then
-            echo "package-lock.json unchanged, nothing to commit"
-          else
-            git commit -m "chore: regenerate package-lock.json"
-            git push
-          fi