We want to have a way to edit our README footer at one place and have…

… the changes from there be propagated to our repos.

By adding this snippet in the README, we call this reusable workflow: https://github.com/thoughtbot/templates/blob/main/.github/workflows/dynamic-readme.yaml that renders and updates the README footer dynamically.

.github/workflows/dynamic-readme.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: update-templates
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  update-templates:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+      pages: write
+    uses: thoughtbot/templates/.github/workflows/dynamic-readme.yaml@main
+    secrets:
+      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

README.md

@@ -37,15 +37,5 @@ file.
 
 [license]: ./LICENSE
 
-## About thoughtbot
-
-![thoughtbot](https://thoughtbot.com/brand_assets/93:44.svg)
-
-This project is maintained and funded by thoughtbot, inc. The names and logos
-for thoughtbot are trademarks of thoughtbot, inc.
-
-We love open source software! See [our other projects][community] or [hire
-us][hire] to design, develop, and grow your product.
-
-[community]: https://thoughtbot.com/community?utm_source=github
-[hire]: https://thoughtbot.com/hire-us?utm_source=github
+<!-- START /templates/footer.md -->
+<!-- END /templates/footer.md -->