Add auto update check for templates and trigger workflow from package…

… release

Signed-off-by: Dennis Meister <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/trigger_update.yml

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+name: Trigger Velocitas Update Workflow
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+env:
+  CHECK_UPDATES_FILE: check-updates.yml
+
+jobs:
+  trigger:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # repo: ["vehicle-app-python-template", "vehicle-app-cpp-template", "vehicle-app-cpp-sdk"]
+        # Start with python template
+        repo: ["vehicle-app-python-template"]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Trigger Workflow
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ secrets.GH_CLI_PAT }}" | gh auth login --with-token
+          gh workflow run $CHECK_UPDATES_FILE -R eclipse-velocitas/${{ matrix.repo }}

src/common/workflows/check-updates.yml

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+name: Package Updates
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 4 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  package_update_check:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'eclipse-velocitas'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.VELOCITAS_PROJECT_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Use devcontainer for upgrade and PR creation
+        uses: devcontainers/[email protected]
+        with:
+          runCmd: |
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gh
+
+            echo "${{ secrets.VELOCITAS_PROJECT_TOKEN }}" | gh auth login --with-token
+
+            velocitas upgrade --ignore-bounds && velocitas init && velocitas sync
+
+            git config --global user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
+            git config --global user.email "${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+            if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+              git add .
+              git commit -m "Update velocitas package versions"
+
+              BRANCH_NAME="automated-update-${{ github.sha }}"
+              git push origin HEAD:$BRANCH_NAME
+
+              PR_TITLE="Automated Package Update"
+              PR_BODY="This pull request was created automatically by GitHub Actions to update package versions."
+
+              # Check if a PR with the same title already exists
+              PR_EXISTING=$(gh pr list --state open --search "$PR_TITLE" --json number | jq -r '.[0].number // empty')
+
+              if [ -n "$PR_EXISTING" ]; then
+                echo "Existing PR found (#${PR_EXISTING}). Closing..."
+                gh pr close "$PR_EXISTING" -d
+              fi
+                echo "Creating new PR..."
+                gh pr create --title "$PR_TITLE" --body "$PR_BODY" --head $BRANCH_NAME --base main
+            else
+              echo "No changes detected. Skip creating Pull Request."
+            fi