ORT workflows rework:

1. Added ort-sweeper workflow that triggers periodic (once a day) ORT runs for branches main and release-*
2. Fixed ORT invocation for glide-core/redis-rs by creating a virtual workspace
3. Updated license-generating script to prevent the creation of unapproved_package_list.txt file for unapproved/unknown licenses
4. Configured ORT checker workflow to run on each pull request without file filters, producing warnings if licenses need to be updated
5. TODO: Modify ORT checker to fail pull requests introducing unapproved/unknown licenses, deferred until unsupported licenses are removed to avoid blocking PRs
6. Added support to trigger the ORT checker manually with a specified target branch

Signed-off-by: ikolomi <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/ort-sweeper.yml

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+name: ORT - Trigger periodic checks for relevant branches
+
+on:
+    schedule:
+      - cron: '0 0 * * *' # Runs daily at 00:00 UTC
+
+jobs:
+  trigger-ort-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Fetch relevant branches
+        id: get-branches
+        run: |
+          # Get all branches matching 'release-*' and include 'main'
+          branches=$(git ls-remote --heads origin | awk -F'/' '/refs\/heads\/release-/ {print $NF}')
+          branches="main $branches"
+          echo "::set-output name=branches::$branches"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Trigger ORT Check workflows
+        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const branches = "${{ steps.get-branches.outputs.branches }}".split(" ");
+            const workflowFile = "ort.yml";
+
+            const triggerWorkflow = async (branch) => {
+              try {
+                console.log(`Triggering workflow for branch: ${branch}`);
+                await github.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch({
+                  owner: context.repo.owner,
+                  repo: context.repo.repo,
+                  workflow_id: workflowFile,
+                  ref: branch, // The branch where workflow_dispatch is triggered
+                  inputs: {
+                    branch_name: branch
+                  }
+                });
+                console.log(`Successfully triggered workflow for branch: ${branch}`);
+              } catch (error) {
+                core.setFailed(error.message);
+              }
+            };
+
+            // Fire all workflow dispatch requests concurrently
+            const promises = branches
+              .filter(branch => branch) // Skip empty branches
+              .map(branch => triggerWorkflow(branch));
+
+            await Promise.allSettled(promises);
+        env:
+            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}