Git workflows to update submodule

.github/workflows/cut_release_branch.yml

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+name: Cut Release Branch
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release-branch:
+        description: MapStore branch name to use (YYYY.MM.xx). E.g. 2024.01.xx
+        required: true
+      main-branch:
+        description: main branch
+        default: master
+jobs:
+  cut-release:
+    name: Create release branch and PRs into main main branch
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.main-branch }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Create release branch and generate PR body
+        id: create-branch
+        env:
+          RELEASE_BRANCH:  ${{ github.event.inputs.release-branch }}
+
+        run: |
+          # script will go here
+          echo "Initializing git"
+          # Optional
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email [email protected]
+          BRANCH_NAME="${RELEASE_BRANCH}"
+          echo "creating branch is $BRANCH_NAME"
+          git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME"
+          git submodule set-branch --branch $BRANCH_NAME MapStore2
+          git add .gitmodules
+          git commit -m "Set branch for submodule MapStore2 to $BRANCH_NAME"
+          git push --set-upstream origin "$BRANCH_NAME"

.github/workflows/submodules_update.yml

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+
+name: Update Submodules
+on:
+  schedule:
+  # run daily at midnight
+  - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+        # Uses the private access token from above link
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      # Initialize or update each one recursively
+      - name: Pull & update submodules recursively
+        run: |
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
+          git submodule update --recursive --remote
+
+      # Commit to the repo under the GitHub actions user to ensure we have
+      # reasonable logging to trace back
+      - name: Commit & push changes
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions - update submodules"
+          git commit -am "Update submodules" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push