From b400f01d24de6ffb2575be663f4843d7931b7b65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timna Brown <24630902+brown9804@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:08:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] testing pipeline

---
 0_Azure/README.md | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/0_Azure/README.md b/0_Azure/README.md
index a0278dc8e..6c613c9a4 100644
--- a/0_Azure/README.md
+++ b/0_Azure/README.md
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ Last updated: 2025-04-08
 <img width="800" alt="image" src="https://github.com/brown9804/MSCloudEssentials_LPath/assets/24630902/cf68fbc7-20e7-4e62-8202-393584f058e9">
 
   
+<!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <h3 style="color: #4CAF50;">Total Visitors</h3>
-  <img src="https://profile-counter.glitch.me/brown9804/count.svg" alt="Visitor Count" style="border: 2px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 5px; padding: 5px;"/>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
 </div>
+<!-- END BADGE -->

From a7423234e2cb5cb80592cc0928f4b09b242300c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]" <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:10:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 02/10] Update last modified date in Markdown files

---
 0_Azure/README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/0_Azure/README.md b/0_Azure/README.md
index 6c613c9a4..2c9984f25 100644
--- a/0_Azure/README.md
+++ b/0_Azure/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Costa Rica
 [![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/badge/--181717?logo=github&logoColor=ffffff)](https://github.com/)
 [brown9804](https://github.com/brown9804)
 
-Last updated: 2025-04-08
+Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
 ------------------------------------------
 

From 48d6b5a04adf633b31d0aedb57d1ecd891b69e32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timna Brown <24630902+brown9804@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:15:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] preventing local changes overwritten

 all local changes are staged and committed before any git checkout or branch switching,
---
 .github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml b/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
index d5c9ec139..ba21ca0fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
+      # Pre-commit all changes before any branch switching
+      - name: Pre-commit local changes
+        run: |
+          git add "*.md" metrics.json || true
+          git commit -m "Save local changes before branch switching" || echo "No changes to commit"
+
       # Commit and push logic for PR events
       - name: Commit and push changes (PR)
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
@@ -65,10 +71,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git fetch origin
           git checkout ${{ github.head_ref }}
+          git pull --rebase origin ${{ github.head_ref }} || echo "No rebase needed"
           git add "*.md" metrics.json
           git commit -m "Update visitor count" || echo "No changes to commit"
           git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-          git pull --rebase origin ${{ github.head_ref }} || echo "No rebase needed"
           git push origin HEAD:${{ github.head_ref }}
 
       # Commit and push logic for non-PR events (schedule, workflow_dispatch)
@@ -79,10 +85,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git fetch origin
           git checkout ${{ github.ref_name }} || git checkout -b ${{ github.ref_name }} origin/${{ github.ref_name }}
+          git pull --rebase origin ${{ github.ref_name }} || echo "No rebase needed"
           git add "*.md" metrics.json
           git commit -m "Update visitor count" || echo "No changes to commit"
           git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-          git pull --rebase origin ${{ github.ref_name }} || echo "No rebase needed"
           git push origin HEAD:${{ github.ref_name }}
 
       - name: Create Pull Request (non-PR)

From cf554511a451c04a580738d56d21fc015034c524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timna Brown <24630902+brown9804@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:24:51 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 04/10] prevents checkout/merge errors)

---
 .github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml | 22 ++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml b/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
index ba21ca0fe..a9f21f2d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-      # Pre-commit all changes before any branch switching
+      # Pre-commit changes before any branch switching to avoid overwriting local changes
       - name: Pre-commit local changes
         run: |
           git add "*.md" metrics.json || true
-          git commit -m "Save local changes before branch switching" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git commit -m "Auto-commit local changes before branch switch" || echo "No changes to commit"
 
-      # Commit and push logic for PR events
+      # Commit and push logic for PR events (merge, not rebase)
       - name: Commit and push changes (PR)
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         env:
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git fetch origin
           git checkout ${{ github.head_ref }}
-          git pull --rebase origin ${{ github.head_ref }} || echo "No rebase needed"
+          git pull origin ${{ github.head_ref }} || echo "No merge needed"
           git add "*.md" metrics.json
           git commit -m "Update visitor count" || echo "No changes to commit"
           git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
           git push origin HEAD:${{ github.head_ref }}
 
-      # Commit and push logic for non-PR events (schedule, workflow_dispatch)
+      # Commit and push logic for non-PR events (merge, not rebase)
       - name: Commit and push changes (non-PR)
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         env:
@@ -85,18 +85,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git fetch origin
           git checkout ${{ github.ref_name }} || git checkout -b ${{ github.ref_name }} origin/${{ github.ref_name }}
-          git pull --rebase origin ${{ github.ref_name }} || echo "No rebase needed"
+          git pull origin ${{ github.ref_name }} || echo "No merge needed"
           git add "*.md" metrics.json
           git commit -m "Update visitor count" || echo "No changes to commit"
           git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
           git push origin HEAD:${{ github.ref_name }}
-
-      - name: Create Pull Request (non-PR)
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: update-visitor-count
-          title: "Update visitor count"
-          body: "Automated update of visitor count"
-          base: main

From b06db3a337224f33abd8a4e6d006cfaf85fe3248 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timna Brown <24630902+brown9804@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:27:41 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 05/10]  check out the target branch

---
 .github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml | 42 +++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml b/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
index a9f21f2d9..90e8af2a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
@@ -57,36 +57,28 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-      # Pre-commit changes before any branch switching to avoid overwriting local changes
-      - name: Pre-commit local changes
+      # Checkout to correct branch before commit
+      - name: Checkout to correct branch (PR or main)
         run: |
-          git add "*.md" metrics.json || true
-          git commit -m "Auto-commit local changes before branch switch" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          BRANCH="${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}"
+          git fetch origin
+          git checkout "$BRANCH" || git checkout -b "$BRANCH" "origin/$BRANCH"
 
-      # Commit and push logic for PR events (merge, not rebase)
-      - name: Commit and push changes (PR)
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        env:
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Pre-commit local changes
         run: |
-          git fetch origin
-          git checkout ${{ github.head_ref }}
-          git pull origin ${{ github.head_ref }} || echo "No merge needed"
-          git add "*.md" metrics.json
-          git commit -m "Update visitor count" || echo "No changes to commit"
-          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-          git push origin HEAD:${{ github.head_ref }}
+          # Only add files that exist
+          [ -f metrics.json ] && git add metrics.json || true
+          git add "*.md" || true
+          git commit -m "Auto-commit local changes before pull/merge" || echo "No changes to commit"
 
-      # Commit and push logic for non-PR events (merge, not rebase)
-      - name: Commit and push changes (non-PR)
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+      - name: Pull (merge) and push changes
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          git fetch origin
-          git checkout ${{ github.ref_name }} || git checkout -b ${{ github.ref_name }} origin/${{ github.ref_name }}
-          git pull origin ${{ github.ref_name }} || echo "No merge needed"
-          git add "*.md" metrics.json
-          git commit -m "Update visitor count" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          BRANCH="${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}"
           git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-          git push origin HEAD:${{ github.ref_name }}
+          git pull origin "$BRANCH" || echo "No merge needed"
+          [ -f metrics.json ] && git add metrics.json || true
+          git add "*.md" || true
+          git commit -m "Update visitor count" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push origin HEAD:"$BRANCH"

From 988acec626c421fce21c2530b5d3d0b32f10735e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]" <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:27:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] Auto-commit local changes before pull/merge

---
 0_Azure/README.md                             |  4 +-
 1_MS365/Excel/README.md                       |  4 +-
 1_MS365/Forms/README.md                       |  4 +-
 1_MS365/Planner/README.md                     |  4 +-
 1_MS365/README.md                             |  4 +-
 1_MS365/SharePoint/README.md                  |  4 +-
 2_Dynamics365/README.md                       |  4 +-
 3_PowerPlatform/0_PowerApps/README.md         |  4 +-
 3_PowerPlatform/1_PowerBI/README.md           |  4 +-
 .../2_CopilotStudio/0_DesignCustomCopilots.md |  4 +-
 3_PowerPlatform/README.md                     |  4 +-
 README.md                                     |  4 +-
 metrics.json                                  | 37 +++++++++++++++++++
 13 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 metrics.json

diff --git a/0_Azure/README.md b/0_Azure/README.md
index 2c9984f25..e26d099df 100644
--- a/0_Azure/README.md
+++ b/0_Azure/README.md
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
   
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
diff --git a/1_MS365/Excel/README.md b/1_MS365/Excel/README.md
index 440bcee53..594511d26 100644
--- a/1_MS365/Excel/README.md
+++ b/1_MS365/Excel/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
diff --git a/1_MS365/Forms/README.md b/1_MS365/Forms/README.md
index d6dbae1f4..52c1f9d89 100644
--- a/1_MS365/Forms/README.md
+++ b/1_MS365/Forms/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
diff --git a/1_MS365/Planner/README.md b/1_MS365/Planner/README.md
index 67028ac22..ce83cb029 100644
--- a/1_MS365/Planner/README.md
+++ b/1_MS365/Planner/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
diff --git a/1_MS365/README.md b/1_MS365/README.md
index 109f106d6..8054b9a30 100644
--- a/1_MS365/README.md
+++ b/1_MS365/README.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
diff --git a/1_MS365/SharePoint/README.md b/1_MS365/SharePoint/README.md
index 82b2f1bdb..06fd31109 100644
--- a/1_MS365/SharePoint/README.md
+++ b/1_MS365/SharePoint/README.md
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
 
diff --git a/2_Dynamics365/README.md b/2_Dynamics365/README.md
index 2f7d8fb5e..1e24017c5 100644
--- a/2_Dynamics365/README.md
+++ b/2_Dynamics365/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/3_PowerPlatform/0_PowerApps/README.md b/3_PowerPlatform/0_PowerApps/README.md
index abfd64c01..18a1aa97e 100644
--- a/3_PowerPlatform/0_PowerApps/README.md
+++ b/3_PowerPlatform/0_PowerApps/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'MM-dd-yyyy')
 
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/3_PowerPlatform/1_PowerBI/README.md b/3_PowerPlatform/1_PowerBI/README.md
index 8eacc98ec..d77f6ef7f 100644
--- a/3_PowerPlatform/1_PowerBI/README.md
+++ b/3_PowerPlatform/1_PowerBI/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
diff --git a/3_PowerPlatform/2_CopilotStudio/0_DesignCustomCopilots.md b/3_PowerPlatform/2_CopilotStudio/0_DesignCustomCopilots.md
index 576b544a5..0105f1555 100644
--- a/3_PowerPlatform/2_CopilotStudio/0_DesignCustomCopilots.md
+++ b/3_PowerPlatform/2_CopilotStudio/0_DesignCustomCopilots.md
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
diff --git a/3_PowerPlatform/README.md b/3_PowerPlatform/README.md
index c6ceb69d3..eb7fd4a67 100644
--- a/3_PowerPlatform/README.md
+++ b/3_PowerPlatform/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Explore more on the [Microsoft Power Platform website](https://www.microsoft.com
 
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d27ea2dd6..1a53b3ca2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-9-limegreen" alt="Total views">
-  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-16</p>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
+  <p>Refresh Date: 2025-07-17</p>
 </div>
 <!-- END BADGE -->
diff --git a/metrics.json b/metrics.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86655415d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[
+  {
+    "date": "2025-07-07",
+    "count": 330,
+    "uniques": 20
+  },
+  {
+    "date": "2025-07-08",
+    "count": 159,
+    "uniques": 6
+  },
+  {
+    "date": "2025-07-10",
+    "count": 482,
+    "uniques": 1
+  },
+  {
+    "date": "2025-07-11",
+    "count": 170,
+    "uniques": 4
+  },
+  {
+    "date": "2025-07-12",
+    "count": 7,
+    "uniques": 1
+  },
+  {
+    "date": "2025-07-14",
+    "count": 130,
+    "uniques": 2
+  },
+  {
+    "date": "2025-07-15",
+    "count": 2,
+    "uniques": 1
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file

From 791754a11d8ecc0f8c9085fdea91b2fa919e2408 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timna Brown <24630902+brown9804@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:30:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 07/10] commit -m changed

---
 .github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml b/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
index 90e8af2a5..b49695797 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           # Only add files that exist
           [ -f metrics.json ] && git add metrics.json || true
           git add "*.md" || true
-          git commit -m "Auto-commit local changes before pull/merge" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git commit -m "Automated update of visitor count" || echo "No changes to commit"
 
       - name: Pull (merge) and push changes
         env:

From 38e1a287213c85a20cf02067f4b870f8cd5ea50f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]" <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:30:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] Automated update of visitor count

---
 0_Azure/README.md                                         | 2 +-
 1_MS365/Excel/README.md                                   | 2 +-
 1_MS365/Forms/README.md                                   | 2 +-
 1_MS365/Planner/README.md                                 | 2 +-
 1_MS365/README.md                                         | 2 +-
 1_MS365/SharePoint/README.md                              | 2 +-
 2_Dynamics365/README.md                                   | 2 +-
 3_PowerPlatform/0_PowerApps/README.md                     | 2 +-
 3_PowerPlatform/1_PowerBI/README.md                       | 2 +-
 3_PowerPlatform/2_CopilotStudio/0_DesignCustomCopilots.md | 2 +-
 3_PowerPlatform/README.md                                 | 2 +-
 README.md                                                 | 2 +-
 12 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/0_Azure/README.md b/0_Azure/README.md
index e26d099df..7797308f9 100644
--- a/0_Azure/README.md
+++ b/0_Azure/README.md
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
   
 <!-- START BADGE -->
 <div align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Total%20views-223-limegreen" alt="Total views">
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+++ b/1_MS365/Excel/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
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index 52c1f9d89..5efa057b2 100644
--- a/1_MS365/Forms/README.md
+++ b/1_MS365/Forms/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
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index ce83cb029..5cb0bf0df 100644
--- a/1_MS365/Planner/README.md
+++ b/1_MS365/Planner/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Last updated: 2025-07-17
 
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index 06fd31109..e06340498 100644
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+++ b/1_MS365/SharePoint/README.md
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index 1e24017c5..0f0eadf73 100644
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+++ b/2_Dynamics365/README.md
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index 18a1aa97e..de300483e 100644
--- a/3_PowerPlatform/0_PowerApps/README.md
+++ b/3_PowerPlatform/0_PowerApps/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'MM-dd-yyyy')
 
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+++ b/3_PowerPlatform/1_PowerBI/README.md
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--- a/3_PowerPlatform/2_CopilotStudio/0_DesignCustomCopilots.md
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From 8602268b8fdcbd03870dc46608d58d62841926ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timna Brown <24630902+brown9804@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:36:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] current branch

---
 .github/workflows/update-md-date.yml | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-md-date.yml b/.github/workflows/update-md-date.yml
index ac7a96d4b..5b2a19b9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-md-date.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-md-date.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
+      - name: Checkout PR branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
@@ -35,13 +36,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update last modified date in Markdown files
         run: python .github/workflows/update_date.py
 
-      - name: Commit changes
+      - name: Pull (merge) remote changes, commit, and push if needed
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-          git pull --rebase origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }} || echo "No rebase needed"
+          BRANCH="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
+          git pull origin "$BRANCH" || echo "No merge needed"
           git add -A
           git commit -m "Update last modified date in Markdown files" || echo "No changes to commit"
           git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-          git push origin HEAD:${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+          git push origin HEAD:"$BRANCH"

From d13b950bcd5019f5e8db7a0e18a0b67d046299a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timna Brown <24630902+brown9804@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:39:55 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] parallel processing

Uses git pull (merge) instead of git pull --rebase to support parallel pipelines.
---
 .github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml | 36 +++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml b/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
index b49695797..90c4b1f85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/use-visitor-counter.yml
@@ -57,28 +57,32 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-      # Checkout to correct branch before commit
-      - name: Checkout to correct branch (PR or main)
+      # Commit and push logic for PR events (merge, not rebase)
+      - name: Commit and push changes (PR)
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          BRANCH="${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}"
           git fetch origin
-          git checkout "$BRANCH" || git checkout -b "$BRANCH" "origin/$BRANCH"
-
-      - name: Pre-commit local changes
-        run: |
-          # Only add files that exist
-          [ -f metrics.json ] && git add metrics.json || true
+          git checkout ${{ github.head_ref }}
+          git pull origin ${{ github.head_ref }} || echo "No merge needed"
           git add "*.md" || true
-          git commit -m "Automated update of visitor count" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          [ -f metrics.json ] && git add metrics.json || true
+          git commit -m "Update visitor count" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
+          git push origin HEAD:${{ github.head_ref }}
 
-      - name: Pull (merge) and push changes
+      # Commit and push logic for non-PR events (merge, not rebase)
+      - name: Commit and push changes (non-PR)
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          BRANCH="${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}"
-          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-          git pull origin "$BRANCH" || echo "No merge needed"
-          [ -f metrics.json ] && git add metrics.json || true
+          git fetch origin
+          git checkout ${{ github.ref_name }} || git checkout -b ${{ github.ref_name }} origin/${{ github.ref_name }}
+          git pull origin ${{ github.ref_name }} || echo "No merge needed"
           git add "*.md" || true
+          [ -f metrics.json ] && git add metrics.json || true
           git commit -m "Update visitor count" || echo "No changes to commit"
-          git push origin HEAD:"$BRANCH"
+          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
+          git push origin HEAD:${{ github.ref_name }}