build: added workflow to automatically bump package version

.github/workflows/bump-version.yml

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+name: Bump Package Version
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  bump_version:
+    name: Bump package version
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Bump version
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          current_version=$(grep -E '^Version:' DESCRIPTION | awk '{print $2}')
+          IFS='.' read -r -a version_parts <<< "$current_version"
+          version_parts[${#version_parts[@]}-1]=$((version_parts[${#version_parts[@]}-1]+1))
+          new_version=$(IFS=.; echo "${version_parts[*]}")
+          sed -i "s/^Version: .*/Version: $new_version/" DESCRIPTION
+
+          # Commit the changes
+          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+          git config user.email '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+          git commit -am "Bump version to $new_version"
+
+      - name: Push changes
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          branch: main