dependabot: help keeping GitHub Actions versions up to date (#4792)

See
https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/keeping-your-actions-up-to-date-with-dependabot#enabling-dependabot-version-updates-for-actions
for details.

Author: rimrul

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+# especially
+# https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/keeping-your-actions-up-to-date-with-dependabot#enabling-dependabot-version-updates-for-actions
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"

.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
   check-whitespace:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 

.github/workflows/coverity.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       COVERITY_LANGUAGE: cxx
       COVERITY_PLATFORM: overridden-below
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: install minimal Git for Windows SDK
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'windows')
         uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
       # A cache miss will add ~30s to create, but a cache hit will save minutes.
       - name: restore the Coverity Build Tool
         id: cache
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
         with:
           path: ${{ runner.temp }}/cov-analysis
           key: cov-build-${{ env.COVERITY_LANGUAGE }}-${{ env.COVERITY_PLATFORM }}-${{ steps.lookup.outputs.hash }}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
           esac
       - name: cache the Coverity Build Tool
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v3
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
         with:
           path: ${{ runner.temp }}/cov-analysis
           key: cov-build-${{ env.COVERITY_LANGUAGE }}-${{ env.COVERITY_PLATFORM }}-${{ steps.lookup.outputs.hash }}

.github/workflows/l10n.yml

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
             origin \
             ${{ github.ref }} \
             $args
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: '>=1.16'
       - name: Install git-po-helper
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
           cat git-po-helper.out
           exit $exit_code
       - name: Create comment in pull request for report
-        uses: mshick/add-pr-comment@v1
+        uses: mshick/add-pr-comment@v2
         if: >-
           always() &&
           github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' &&

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
       group: windows-build-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
     - name: build
       shell: bash
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: zip up tracked files
       run: git archive -o artifacts/tracked.tar.gz HEAD
     - name: upload tracked files and build artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: windows-artifacts
         path: artifacts
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
     - name: download tracked files and build artifacts
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: windows-artifacts
         path: ${{github.workspace}}
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ci/print-test-failures.sh
     - name: Upload failed tests' directories
       if: failure() && env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS != ''
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: failed-tests-windows
         path: ${{env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS}}
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ jobs:
       group: vs-build-${{ github.ref }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
     - name: initialize vcpkg
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         repository: 'microsoft/vcpkg'
         path: 'compat/vcbuild/vcpkg'
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: zip up tracked files
       run: git archive -o artifacts/tracked.tar.gz HEAD
     - name: upload tracked files and build artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: vs-artifacts-${{ matrix.arch }}
         path: artifacts
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
     - name: download tracked files and build artifacts
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: vs-artifacts-x64
         path: ${{github.workspace}}
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ci/print-test-failures.sh
     - name: Upload failed tests' directories
       if: failure() && env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS != ''
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: failed-tests-windows
         path: ${{env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS}}
@@ -296,15 +296,15 @@ jobs:
       runs_on_pool: ${{matrix.vector.pool}}
     runs-on: ${{matrix.vector.pool}}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
     - name: print test failures
       if: failure() && env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS != ''
       run: ci/print-test-failures.sh
     - name: Upload failed tests' directories
       if: failure() && env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS != ''
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: failed-tests-${{matrix.vector.jobname}}
         path: ${{env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS}}
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: ${{matrix.vector.image}}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       if: matrix.vector.jobname != 'linux32'
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
       if: matrix.vector.jobname == 'linux32'
@@ -352,13 +352,13 @@ jobs:
       run: ci/print-test-failures.sh
     - name: Upload failed tests' directories
       if: failure() && env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS != '' && matrix.vector.jobname != 'linux32'
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: failed-tests-${{matrix.vector.jobname}}
         path: ${{env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS}}
     - name: Upload failed tests' directories
       if: failure() && env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS != '' && matrix.vector.jobname == 'linux32'
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: failed-tests-${{matrix.vector.jobname}}
         path: ${{env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS}}
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ jobs:
       group: static-analysis-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/run-static-analysis.sh
     - run: ci/check-directional-formatting.bash
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ jobs:
         artifact: sparse-20.04
     - name: Install the current `sparse` package
       run: sudo dpkg -i sparse-20.04/sparse_*.deb
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Install other dependencies
       run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: make sparse
@@ -410,6 +410,6 @@ jobs:
       jobname: Documentation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/test-documentation.sh