feat: GH action to update releases

Author: mstimberg

.github/workflows/update_releases.yml

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+name: Update Releases
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron:  '59 13 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Update releases
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # Give the default GITHUB_TOKEN write permission to commit and push the
+      # added or changed files to the repository.
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - name: update releases
+      run: python track_releases.py
+    - name: update json
+      run: python yaml2json.py
+    - name: commit if necessary
+      uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
+      with:
+        file_pattern: simtools/*.yaml
+        commit_message: Update yaml files from releases
+    - name: commit if necessary
+      uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
+      with:
+        file_pattern: simtools/simtools.json
+        commit_message: Update JSON from yaml files