Declaratively define (and sync) labels

.github/dependabot.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: 2
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directory: "/"
-    labels: ["area/build"]
+    labels: ["area/ci", "dependencies"]
     schedule:
-      # by default this will be on a monday.
+      # By default, this will be on a monday.
       interval: "weekly"

.github/labels.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Configuration file to declaratively configure labels
+# Ref: https://github.com/EndBug/label-sync#Config-files
+
+- name: area/actions
+  description: GitHub Actions related issues and pull requests
+  color: '#00b140'
+- name: area/git
+  description: Git and SSH related issues and pull requests
+  color: '#863faf'
+- name: area/helm
+  description: Helm related issues and pull requests
+  color: '#1673b6'
+- name: area/http
+  description: HTTP transport related issues and pull requests
+  color: '#006b75'
+- name: area/oci
+  description: OCI related issues and pull requests
+  color: '#c739ff'
+- name: area/kustomize
+  description: Kustomize related issues and pull requests
+  color: '#00e54d'
+- name: area/runtime
+  description: Controller runtime related issues and pull requests
+  color: '#00e54d'
+- name: area/server-side-apply
+  description: SSA related issues and pull requests
+  color: '#2819CB'
+- name: area/testserver
+  description: Test server related issues and pull requests
+  color: '#006b75'

.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: sync-labels
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - .github/labels.yaml
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  labels:
+    name: Run sync
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
+      - uses: EndBug/label-sync@da00f2c11fdb78e4fae44adac2fdd713778ea3e8 # v2.3.2
+        with:
+          # Configuration file
+          config-file: |
+            https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/community/main/.github/standard-labels.yaml
+            .github/labels.yaml
+          # Strictly declarative
+          delete-other-labels: true