[TASK] Automatically fix whitespace issues (#1479)

Releases: main, 13.4, 12.4

Co-authored-by: lina.wolf <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/apply-precommit.yml

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+name: Check and Fix Whitespace on Schedule
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install pre-commit
+        run: pip install pre-commit
+
+      - name: Run pre-commit hooks and apply fixes
+        id: pre-commit
+        run: |
+          # Run pre-commit with auto-fix and ignore exit code
+          pre-commit run --all-files --hook-stage=manual --show-diff-on-failure || true
+          # Check if any files were modified
+          git diff --exit-code || echo "FIX_NEEDED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create and push changes if needed
+        if: env.FIX_NEEDED == 'true'
+        id: create_branch
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          # Create a new branch for the changes
+          BRANCH_NAME="fix/whitespace-$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')"
+          git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME"
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "fix: apply whitespace fixes"
+          git push origin "$BRANCH_NAME"
+          echo "branch_name=$BRANCH_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Open Pull Request
+        if: env.FIX_NEEDED == 'true'
+        uses: repo-sync/pull-request@v2
+        with:
+          source_branch: ${{ env.branch_name }}
+          destination_branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          pr_title: "Fix whitespace issues"
+          pr_body: "This PR automatically applies whitespace fixes."
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.pre-commit-config.yaml

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+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.4.0  # Use the latest version
+    hooks:
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer