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+name: versionbump
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - lts
+    types:
+      - closed
+
+jobs:
+  version_bump:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged && ${{ github.event.label.name == 'bug' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Bump version
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name 'ProjectBot'
+          git config --global user.email 'bot@users.noreply.github.com'
+          CURRENTVERSION=$(sed -n '0,/^{%[[:space:]]*set[[:space:]]*version[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)"[[:space:]]*%}/s//\1/p' ${{github.workspace}}/recipe/meta.yaml)
+          CURRENTVERSION=`echo $CURRENTVERSION | awk -F. '/[0-9]+\./{$NF;print}' OFS=.`
+          NEWVERSION=`echo $CURRENTVERSION | awk -F. '/[0-9]+\./{$NF++;print}' OFS=.`
+          sed -i "0,/^{%.*version.*\"\([^\"]*\)\".*/s//{% set version = "\"${NEWVERSION}"\" %}/" ${{github.workspace}}/recipe/meta.yaml
+          sed -i "0,/set(VERSION.*/s//set(VERSION \""${NEWVERSION}"\")/" ${{github.workspace}}/isis/CMakeLists.txt          
+          git add ${{github.workspace}}/isis/CMakeLists.txt ${{github.workspace}}/recipe/meta.yaml
+          git commit -m 'auto bump version'
+          git push