Add workflow for deprecated exercises

Author: jagdish-15

.github/workflows/check-deprecated-exercises.yml

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+name: Deprecated
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  test-deprecated:
+    name: Check for deprecated exercises
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Test deprecated exercises using test-deprecated-exercises
+        run: bin/test-deprecated-exercises

bin/test-deprecated-exercises

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eo pipefail
+
+# Determine the base branch of the PR
+BASE_BRANCH=${GITHUB_BASE_REF:-main}
+
+# Fetch full history for proper diff
+git fetch origin "$BASE_BRANCH"
+
+# Compute merge base
+MERGE_BASE=$(git merge-base HEAD origin/"$BASE_BRANCH")
+
+# Get changed files relative to merge base
+changed_files=$(git diff --name-only "$MERGE_BASE" HEAD)
+
+# Extract unique exercise directories
+changed_exercises=$(echo "$changed_files" | \
+  grep -E '^exercises/(practice|concept)/' | \
+  cut -d/ -f1-3 | sort -u)
+
+echo "$changed_exercises"
+
+if [ -z "$changed_exercises" ]; then
+  echo "No exercises changed!"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Deprecated practice exercises
+deprecated_exercises=(
+  "exercises/practice/accumulate"
+  "exercises/practice/beer-song"
+  "exercises/practice/binary"
+  "exercises/practice/diffie-hellman"
+  "exercises/practice/hexadecimal"
+  "exercises/practice/minesweeper"
+  "exercises/practice/octal"
+  "exercises/practice/strain"
+  "exercises/practice/trinary"
+  "exercises/concept/play-your-cards"
+)
+
+# Check for deprecated ones
+for ex in $changed_exercises; do
+  if printf '%s\n' "${deprecated_exercises[@]}" | grep -qx "$ex"; then
+    echo "❌ Deprecated exercise changed: $ex"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "✅ No deprecated exercises changed!"