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+---
+repo: jetstack-experimental/cert-manager
+labels:
+- name: approved
+  color: 0ffa16
+- name: approved-for-milestone
+  color: fef2c0
+- name: area/admin
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/admission-control
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/api
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/apiserver
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/controller-manager
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/ipv6
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/logging
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/monitoring
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/release-infra
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/reliability
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/security
+  color: d93f0b
+- name: area/teardown
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/test
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/test-infra
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/ui
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/upgrade
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: area/usability
+  color: 0052cc
+- name: cherrypick-approved
+  color: fef2c0
+- name: cherrypick-candidate
+  color: fef2c0
+- name: 'cla: human-approved'
+  color: bfe5bf
+- name: 'cla: no'
+  color: e11d21
+- name: 'cla: yes'
+  color: bfe5bf
+- name: do-not-merge
+  color: e11d21
+- name: do-not-merge/work-in-progress
+  color: e11d21
+- name: do-not-merge/hold
+  color: e11d21
+- name: do-not-merge/cherry-pick-not-approved
+  color: e11d21
+- name: do-not-merge/release-note-label-needed
+  color: e11d21
+- name: do-not-merge/blocked-paths
+  color: e11d21
+- name: flake-has-meta
+  color: fbca04
+- name: for-new-contributors
+  color: 006b75
+- name: help-wanted
+  color: 006b75
+- name: keep-open
+  color: fbca04
+- name: kind/api-change
+  color: c7def8
+- name: kind/bug
+  color: e11d21
+- name: kind/cleanup
+  color: c7def8
+- name: kind/design
+  color: c7def8
+- name: kind/documentation
+  color: c7def8
+- name: kind/enhancement
+  color: c7def8
+- name: kind/feature
+  color: c7def8
+- name: kind/flake
+  color: f7c6c7
+- name: kind/friction
+  color: c7def8
+- name: kind/new-api
+  color: c7def8
+- name: kind/old-docs
+  color: c7def8
+- name: kind/postmortem
+  color: bfe5bf
+- name: kind/support
+  color: eb6420
+- name: kind/technical-debt
+  color: c7def8
+- name: kind/upgrade-test-failure
+  color: fbca04
+- name: lgtm
+  color: 15dd18
+- name: milestone-labels-complete
+  color: 77bb00
+- name: milestone-labels-incomplete
+  color: e11d21
+- name: needs-ok-to-merge
+  color: ededed
+- name: needs-ok-to-test
+  color: b60205
+- name: needs-rebase
+  color: BDBDBD
+- name: non-release-blocker
+  color: 0e8a16
+- name: ok-to-merge
+  color: fbca04
+- name: priority/awaiting-more-evidence
+  color: fef2c0
+- name: priority/backlog
+  color: fbca04
+- name: priority/critical-urgent
+  color: e11d21
+- name: priority/failing-test
+  color: e11d21
+- name: priority/important-longterm
+  color: eb6420
+- name: priority/important-soon
+  color: eb6420
+- name: priority/P0
+  color: ff0000
+- name: priority/P1
+  color: ededed
+- name: priority/P2
+  color: ededed
+- name: priority/P3
+  color: ededed
+- name: queue/blocks-others
+  color: ffaa00
+- name: queue/critical-fix
+  color: ffaa00
+- name: queue/fix
+  color: ffaa00
+- name: queue/multiple-rebases
+  color: ffaa00
+- name: release-blocker
+  color: d93f0b
+- name: release-note
+  color: c2e0c6
+- name: release-note-action-required
+  color: c2e0c6
+- name: release-note-label-needed
+  color: db5a64
+- name: release-note-none
+  color: c2e0c6
+- name: requires-release-czar-attention
+  color: d93f0b
+- name: retest-not-required
+  color: eb6420
+- name: retest-not-required-docs-only
+  color: fbca04
+- name: size/L
+  color: ee9900
+- name: size/M
+  color: eebb00
+- name: size/S
+  color: 77bb00
+- name: size/XL
+  color: ee5500
+- name: size/XS
+  color: "009900"
+- name: size/XXL
+  color: ee0000
+- name: stale
+  color: "795548"
+- name: status/in-progress
+  color: fef2c0
+- name: status/in-review
+  color: fef2c0
+- name: triaged
+  color: d455d0