Create bot-change.yml

Author: BrettGregson

.github/workflows/bot-change.yml

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+name: Bot change from input
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      change:
+        description: 'Short instruction for the bot'
+        required: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  run-bot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Run bot script
+        env:
+          CHANGE_INSTRUCTION: ${{ github.event.inputs.change }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p scripts
+          echo 'import os, pathlib' > scripts/auto_edit.py
+          echo 'instr = os.environ.get("CHANGE_INSTRUCTION","(no instruction)")' >> scripts/auto_edit.py
+          echo 'p = pathlib.Path("BOT_CHANGES.md")' >> scripts/auto_edit.py
+          echo 'p.write_text(p.read_text() + f"- {instr}\n" if p.exists() else f"- {instr}\n")' >> scripts/auto_edit.py
+          python3 scripts/auto_edit.py
+          git config user.name "github-actions"
+          git config user.email "[email protected]"
+          git add BOT_CHANGES.md
+          git commit -m "bot: apply change ${{ github.event.inputs.change }}" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push