Consolidate Reusable Functions in github-actions

[jdingeman]

Overview

Developers have noted that certain javascript functions in github-actions are being declared and defined across multiple files. We want to make these functions reusable within the codebase so they are not being defined multiple times for the same function across different files.

Action Items

• Look through the github-actions folder and find all instances of a function that is defined more than once
  • e.g. getTimeline(issueNum) is defined in add-label.js and preliminary-update-comment.js
  • Take note of any functions that have the same name, but different sets of parameters
• Define all reusable functions within the github-actions/utils folder so they can be called in other files without redefining them
• Test in your local repo that this does not break any existing GHAs

Resources/Instructions

• Github Actions

[github-actions]

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