add first patch of cime tests to public CI

.github/workflows/e3sm-gh-ci-cime-tests.yml

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+name: test
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+
+  run:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        res: ["ne4pg2_oQU480"]
+        com: ["F2010"]
+        typ: 
+          - "SMS"   # 0h20m
+          - "SMS_D" # 0h30m
+          - "REP"   # 0h30m
+          - "ERS"   # 1h00m
+          - "ERP"   # 1h15m
+          - "ERR"   # 1h00m
+          - "PET"   # 0h35m
+          - "PEM"   # 0h45m
+          - "SEQ"   # 3h10m
+          - "ERI"   # Exception from case_test: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
+          - "ERT"   # Exception from case_test: ERROR: No variable AVG_HIST_N found in case
+          - "PEA"   # ERROR: BUILD FAIL: build e3sm failed
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: 
+      image: ghcr.io/mahf708/e3sm-imgs:v0.0.6
+
+    steps:
+      - 
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          show-progress: false
+          submodules: recursive
+      - 
+        name: CIME
+        working-directory: cime/scripts
+        # the following combos currently fail, so let's mark them nbd: true --> ci remains green despite fail
+        # typ: "ERI" # Exception from case_test: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: (no file in archive)
+        # typ: "ERT" # Exception from case_test: ERROR: No variable AVG_HIST_N found in case (before run)
+        # typ: "PEA" # ERROR: BUILD FAIL: build e3sm failed (MPI-related, self)
+        continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.typ == 'ERI' || matrix.typ == 'ERT' || matrix.typ == 'PEA' }}
+        # Note we force _P3 in the create_test call for now
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p $HOME/projects/e3sm/cesm-inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/
+          wget https://web.lcrc.anl.gov/public/e3sm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/p3_lookup_table_1.dat-v4.1.2
+          mv p3_lookup_table_1.dat-v4.1.2 $HOME/projects/e3sm/cesm-inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/
+          export USER=test
+          ./create_test ${{ matrix.typ }}_P3.${{ matrix.res }}.${{ matrix.com }} --machine singularity --wait --debug
+      - 
+        name: Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.typ }}_P3.${{ matrix.res }}.${{ matrix.com }}
+          # Wildcard pattern to upload logs (can add more if desired)
+          path: |
+            ~/projects/e3sm/scratch/**/*log.*