Enhance GitHub Actions workflow for monthly issue metrics reporting by adding code checkout step and updating commit process

.github/workflows/issue-metrics.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
 
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
+
     - name: Get dates for last month
       shell: bash
       run: |
@@ -39,10 +44,9 @@ jobs:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
         SEARCH_QUERY: 'repo:zen-browser/desktop is:issue created:${{ env.last_month }} -reason:"not planned"'
 
-    - name: Create issue
-      uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v4
+    - name: Commit changes
+      uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
       with:
-        title: Monthly issue metrics report
-        content-filepath: ./issue_metrics.md
-        token: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
-        assignees: zen-browser-auto
+        commit_message: 'Update monthly issue metrics'
+        commit_user_name: Zen Browser Robot
+        commit_user_email: zen-browser-auto@users.noreply.github.com

README.md

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Zen is currently built using firefox version `133.0.3`! 🚀
 
 Zen is an open-source project, and we welcome contributions from the community! Please take a look at the [contribution guidelines](./docs/contribute.md) before getting started!
 
+### Issue metrics
+
+We keep track of how many issues are closed at the end of the month in [issue_metrics.md](issue_metrics.md). This is to keep track of how many issues are being closed, because who doesn't like to see progress? 📈
+
 ### Versioning
 
 Zen uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) for versioning. Meaning, versions are displayed as `a.b.c-d.e` where: