update-submodules.yml

name: Update Submodules

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

  schedule:
    - cron: '0 19 * * *'

jobs:
  uptdate:
    name: 'Update Submodules'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Use the Bash shell regardless whether the GitHub Actions runner is ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, or windows-latest
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: bash

    steps:
    # Checkout the repository to the GitHub Actions runner
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
        submodules: true

    # Update references
    - name: Git Submodule Update
      run: |
        git pull --recurse-submodules
        git submodule update --remote --recursive

    - name: Commit Update
      run: |
        git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
        git config user.email '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
        git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.PAT }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
        git commit -am "chore: update submodules" && git push || echo "No changes to commit"