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Add workflow to regenerate required checks

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Update contributing guide.
Ensure this workflow runs once a week.
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## Keeping the PR checks up to date (admin access required)
Since the `codeql-action` runs most of its testing through individual Actions workflows, there are over two hundred jobs that need to pass in order for a PR to turn green. Managing these PR checks manually is time consuming and complex. Here is a semi-automated approach.
Since the `codeql-action` runs most of its testing through individual Actions workflows, there are over two hundred jobs that need to pass in order for a PR to turn green. You can regenerate the checks automatically by running the [Update required checks](.github/workflows/update-required-checks.yml) workflow.
To regenerate the PR jobs for the action:
Or you can use this semi-automated approach:
1. In a terminal check out the `SHA` whose checks you want to use as the base. Typically, this will be `main`.
2. From a terminal, run the following commands: