Automate Go patch version bumps

[sbueringer]

I think it would be nice if we could automate Go patch version bumps on the main branch via a GitHub action.

Usually our Go patch version bump PR look like this: #11156

I would suggest to first get rid of the additional occurence of the Go version in the Tiltfile and then automate the bump for the Go version in the Makefile

The idea is roughly:

• Add a weekly periodic GitHub action that:
  • checks if there is a new go patch version available for the minor verison we use
  • if yes, open a PR to bump that version

Example for an action that opens PRs: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools/blob/main/.github/workflows/tools-releases.yml

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In response to this:

I think it would be nice if we could automate Go patch version bumps on the main branch via a GitHub action.

Usually our Go patch version bump PR look like this: #11156

I would suggest to first get rid of the additional occurence of the Go version in the Tiltfile and then automate the bump for the Go version in the Makefile

The idea is roughly:

• Add a weekly periodic GitHub action that:
• checks if there is a new go patch version available for the minor verison we use
• if yes, open a PR to bump that version

Example for an action that opens PRs: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools/blob/main/.github/workflows/tools-releases.yml

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/area ci
/kind feature

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[sbueringer]

/triage accepted
/priority backlog

[sbueringer]

It's worth checking if dependabot can do this (but I think it can't)

[pravarag]

@sbueringer , would it be okay if I take a look at this unless someone has already started working?

[sbueringer]

Sure!

/assign @pravarag

[pravarag]

@sbueringer, I've started implementing as per the below suggestion:

The idea is roughly:

Add a weekly periodic GitHub action that:
    checks if there is a new go patch version available for the minor verison we use
    if yes, open a PR to bump that version

I'll share the updates very soon.