addition of auto-branching process as part of github action

.github/workflows/auto_branching.yml

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+### The auto-branching workflow triggered through a dispatch request from the CI
+name: auto-branching
+
+# Run on workflow dispatch from CI
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      target_branch:
+        type: string
+        description: branch to be created from the master
+      stream_version:
+        type: string
+        description: new stream version of satellite
+
+jobs:
+  check-group-membership:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      member: ${{steps.check_membership.outputs.member}}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check if the user is a member of repository-admins group
+        id: check_membership
+        run: |
+          # Use GitHub API to check if the user triggering the workflow is a member of satellite-admin group
+          MEMBER=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.CHERRYPICK_PAT }}" \
+              "https://api.github.com/orgs/satelliteQE/teams/repository-admins/memberships/${{ github.actor }}")
+          if [[ $(echo "$MEMBER" | jq -r '.state') == "active" ]]; then
+            echo "User is a member of satellite-admin group."
+            echo "member=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "User is not a member of satellite-admin group."
+            echo "member=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+
+  auto-branching-new-downstream-release:
+    name: ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} - raise PR with changes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: check-group-membership
+    if: ${{ needs.check-group-membership.outputs.member == 'true' }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Create the ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} branch
+        id: create-branch
+        uses: peterjgrainger/[email protected]
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CHERRYPICK_PAT }}
+        with:
+          branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}
+
+      - name: Create label for the ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} branch
+        id: create-label
+        run: |
+          curl -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.CHERRYPICK_PAT }}" \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+            https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/labels \
+            -d "{\"name\":\"${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}\",\"color\":\"fbca04\"}"
+
+      - name: Switch to ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} branch
+        run: git checkout -b "${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}"
+
+      - name: Checkout from ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} branch for auto-branching changes
+        id: checkout-to-auto-branch
+        run: |
+            branch_name="auto-branching-${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}-$(date '+%s')"
+            git checkout -b "$branch_name"
+            echo "branch_name=$branch_name" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Update target branch label in dependabot yml file
+        id: update-dependabot
+        run: |
+            # Read the dependabot.yml file
+            FILE_PATH="./.github/dependabot.yml"
+            TARGET_BRANCH="${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}"
+            # Append the target branch label to the labels node
+            awk -v target="'$TARGET_BRANCH'" '/^ *labels:/ {$0 = $0 "\n      - " target} 1' "$FILE_PATH" > temp.yml && mv temp.yml "$FILE_PATH"
+
+      - name: Remove the dispatch release GHA
+        id: remove-dispatch-release-gha
+        run: |
+            rm -rf ./.github/workflows/dispatch_release.yml
+            rm -rf ./.github/workflows/auto_branching.yml
+
+      - name: git status
+        run: git status
+
+      - name: git diff
+        run: git diff
+
+      - name: Commit changes
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git add ./.github/*
+          git commit -m "Changes for ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} new branch"
+          git remote -vvv
+          git push origin ${{steps.checkout-to-auto-branch.outputs.branch_name}}
+      - name: Create pull request
+        id: create_pr
+        run: |
+          title="[${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}]: Changes for ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} new branch"
+          body="
+            ### Problem Statement
+            New ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} branch
+            ### Solution
+            - Dependabot labels are updated for new branch
+            - Removed dispatch release GHA from ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} as we are releasing only master changes
+          "
+          pr_number=$(gh pr create --title "$title" --body "$body" --base "${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}" | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}')
+          echo "$pr_number"
+          echo "pr_number=$pr_number" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CHERRYPICK_PAT }}
+
+      - name: Add the prt comment for running the sanity tests
+        id: add-parent-prt-comment
+        uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v2
+        with:
+          message: |
+            trigger: test-robottelo
+          pr_number: ${{ steps.create_pr.outputs.pr_number }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CHERRYPICK_PAT }}
+
+  auto-branching-master:
+    name: master - raise PR with changes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: check-group-membership
+    if: ${{ needs.check-group-membership.outputs.member == 'true' }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Update target branch label in dependabot yml file
+        id: update-dependabot
+        run: |
+          # Read the dependabot.yml file
+          FILE_PATH="./.github/dependabot.yml"
+          TARGET_BRANCH="${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}"
+          # Append the target branch label to the labels node
+          awk -v target="'$TARGET_BRANCH'" '/^ *labels:/ {$0 = $0 "\n      - " target} 1' "$FILE_PATH" > temp.yml && mv temp.yml "$FILE_PATH"
+
+      - name: git status
+        run: git status
+
+      - name: git diff
+        run: git diff
+
+      - name: Commit changes
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          branch_name="auto-branching-${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}-$(date '+%s')"
+          git checkout -b "$branch_name"
+          git add ./.github/*
+          git commit -m "Changes for ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} new branch"
+          git remote -vvv
+          git push origin "$branch_name"
+
+      - name: Create pull request
+        id: create_pr
+        run: |
+          title="[master]: Changes for ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} new branch"
+          body="
+            ### Problem Statement
+            New ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} downstream and master points to stream that is ${{ github.event.inputs.stream_version }}
+            ### Solution
+            - Dependabot.yaml cherrypicks to ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}
+          "
+          pr_number=$(gh pr create --title "$title" --body "$body" --base "master" | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}')
+          echo "$pr_number"
+          echo "pr_number=$pr_number" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CHERRYPICK_PAT }}
+
+      - name: Add the prt comment for running the sanity tests
+        id: add-parent-prt-comment
+        uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v2
+        with:
+          message: |
+            trigger: test-robottelo
+          pr_number: ${{ steps.create_pr.outputs.pr_number }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CHERRYPICK_PAT }}