diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-cruft-id.yml b/.github/workflows/update-cruft-id.yml
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+name: Update Cruft Commit ID
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  update-cruft:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Update .cruft.json with latest commit ID
+        run: |
+          # Replace 'path/to/.cruft.json' with the actual path to your .cruft.json file
+          LATEST_COMMIT_ID=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+          echo "Latest commit ID: $LATEST_COMMIT_ID"
+          
+          # Assuming .cruft.json is at the root and using jq to update it
+          jq --arg commit "$LATEST_COMMIT_ID" '.commit = $commit' .cruft.json > temp.json && mv temp.json .cruft.json
+          
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
+          git add .cruft.json
+          git commit -m "Automatically update .cruft.json with latest commit ID" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.package_slug }}/.cruft.json b/{{ cookiecutter.package_slug }}/.cruft.json
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+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.package_slug }}/.cruft.json	
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+{
+  "template": "https://github.com/danb27/python-package-template",
+  "commit": "foo",
+  "context": {
+    "cookiecutter": {
+      "package_name": "{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}",
+      "package_slug": "{{ cookiecutter.package_slug }}",
+      "package_title": "{{ cookiecutter.package_title }}",
+      "package_description": "{{ cookiecutter.package_description }}",
+      "author_name": "{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}",
+      "author_email": "{{ cookiecutter.author_email }}",
+      "line_length": {{ cookiecutter.line_length }}
+    }
+  },
+  "skip": []
+}
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