refactor: update base project files

.gitattributes

@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 # Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
 * text=auto
+
+# adding github settings to show correct language
+*.yml linguist-detectable=true
+*.yaml linguist-detectable=true
+*.j2 linguist-detectable=true
+*.md linguist-documentation

.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/feature-requests.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+title: "[Feature Request] "
+labels: ["enhancement"]
+body:
+  - type: textarea
+    id: description
+    attributes:
+      label: Description
+      description: A clear and concise description of what you would like to see.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: other
+    attributes:
+      label: Other
+      description: Add any other context or information about the feature request here.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+blank_issues_enabled: false
+contact_links:
+  - name: 🤔 I have a question or need support
+    url: https://github.com/MVladislav/ansible-cis-ubuntu-2204/discussions
+    about: This issue tracker is for bugs only, not general support questions. Please refer to our Discussions.
+  - name: 🚀 Feature Request
+    url: https://github.com/MVladislav/ansible-cis-ubuntu-2204/discussions/new?category=feature-requests
+    about: Remember to search for existing feature requests and "up-vote" any you like.

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"

.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yml

@@ -3,17 +3,22 @@ name: Ansible Lint
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - main
+    branches: [main, develop]
   pull_request:
+    branches: [main, develop]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 jobs:
   build:
+    name: Ansible Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      # https://github.com/actions/checkout
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      # https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint
       - name: Run ansible-lint
-        uses: ansible-community/ansible-lint-action@main
+        uses: ansible/ansible-lint@main

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ name: Ansible Molecule Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - main
+    # branches: [main, develop]
+    tags:
+      - "*"
   pull_request:
+    branches: [main, develop]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Molecule Test
@@ -24,10 +28,12 @@ jobs:
         molecule-os: ["ubuntu2204", "ubuntu2304"]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      # https://github.com/actions/checkout
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      # https://github.com/actions/setup-python
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version.version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version.version }}
 

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 ##### CI for use by github no need for action to be added
+##### https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html
 ##### Inherited
 ci:
   autofix_prs: false
@@ -30,11 +31,8 @@ repos:
       - id: check-merge-conflict
       - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: check-case-conflict
-      # - id: no-commit-to-branch
-      #   args: [--branch, main]
 
       # General checks
-      - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
       - id: trailing-whitespace
         name: Trim Trailing Whitespace
         description: This hook trims trailing whitespace.
@@ -44,6 +42,9 @@ repos:
         args: [--markdown-linebreak-ext=md]
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: requirements-txt-fixer
+      - id: check-yaml
+        args: [--allow-multiple-documents]
+      - id: mixed-line-ending
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
     rev: v4.0.0-alpha.8

.prettierrc.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+jsonRecursiveSort: true

LICENCE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2022 MVladislav
+Copyright (c) 2024 MVladislav
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal