Clean gradle dependencies workflow

Author: sarahchen6

.github/workflows/update-gradle-dependencies.yaml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: "recursive"
       - name: Pick a branch name
+        id: define-branch
         run: echo "branch=ci/update-gradle-dependencies-$(date +'%Y%m%d')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Update Gradle dependencies
         run: |
@@ -33,62 +34,44 @@ jobs:
           JAVA_17_HOME=$JAVA_HOME_17_X64 \
           JAVA_21_HOME=$JAVA_HOME_21_X64 \
           ./gradlew resolveAndLockAll --write-locks --parallel --stacktrace --no-daemon --max-workers=4
+      - name: Check for changes
+        id: check-changes
+        run: |
+          if [[ -z "$(git status -s)" ]]; then
+            echo "No changes to commit, exiting."
+            echo "has_changes=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          else
+            echo "has_changes=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
       - name: Commit changes
-        id: create-commits
-        env:
-          BRANCH_NAME: ${{ steps.define-branch.outputs.branch }}
+        if: steps.check-changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
+        id: create-commit
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-          FILES=""
-          COMMITS=""
-          COUNT=0
-          # XXX: Could be replaced by ${{ github.sha }}
-          BRANCH_HEAD=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-          for lockfile in $(git status --porcelain=v1 | awk '{ print $NF }'); do
-            echo "Found lockfile: $lockfile"
-            FILES="$FILES $lockfile"
-            COUNT=$((COUNT+1))
-            if [ $COUNT -eq 10 ]; then
-              echo "Creating a commit to $BRANCH_NAME@$BRANCH_HEAD with files $FILES"
-              git commit --no-verify --message="chore: Update Gradle dependencies" "${FILES}"
-              COMMITS="$COMMITS $(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-              FILES=""
-              COUNT=0
-            fi
-          done
-          # Check at uncommited files
-          echo "Checking uncommited files"
-          git status
-
-          # Commit any remaining files
-          if [ $COUNT -gt 0 ]; then
-            echo "Creating a commit to $BRANCH_NAME@$BRANCH_HEAD with $FILES"
-            git commit --no-verify --message="chore: Update Gradle dependencies" "${FILES}"
-            COMMITS="$COMMITS $(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-          fi
-
-          echo "Commits to push: ${COMMITS}"
-          echo "commits=\"${COMMITS}\"" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          git add .
+          git commit --no-verify --message="chore: Update Gradle dependencies"
+          echo "commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Push changes
         uses: DataDog/commit-headless@1186485b788f57eedaaadb19919781698b4d262f # action/v1.0.0
-        if: ${{ steps.create-commits.outputs.commits != '' }}
+        if: ${{ steps.check-changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true' && steps.create-commit.outputs.commit != '' }}
         with:
           token: "${{ steps.octo-sts.outputs.token }}"
           branch: "${{ steps.define-branch.outputs.branch }}"
           # for scheduled runs, sha is the tip of the default branch
           # for dispatched runs, sha is the tip of the branch it was dispatched on
           branch-from: "${{ github.sha }}"
           command: push
-          commits: "${{ steps.create-commits.outputs.commits }}"
+          commits: "${{ steps.create-commit.outputs.commit }}"
       - name: Create pull request
+        if: steps.check-changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.octo-sts.outputs.token }}
           BRANCH_NAME: ${{ steps.define-branch.outputs.branch }}
         run: |
           # use echo to set a multiline body for the PR
-          echo -e "This PR updates the Gradle dependencies. ⚠️ Don't forget to squash commits before merging. ⚠️\n\n- [ ] Update PR title if a code change is needed to support one of those new dependencies" | \
+          echo -e "This PR updates the Gradle dependencies.\n\n- [ ] Update PR title if a code change is needed to support one of those new dependencies" | \
             gh pr create --title "Update Gradle dependencies" \
             --base master \
             --head $BRANCH_NAME \