fix: sync workflow creates PR instead of pushing directly to main (#3)

Branch protection rules require changes via pull request, but the
workflow was doing a direct git push to main — failing every daily run
since March 23. Now creates a timestamped branch and opens a PR.

Made-with: Cursor

Co-authored-by: John Williams <your@email.com>

Author: itallstartedwithaidea

.github/workflows/sync-upstream-docs.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -19,10 +20,28 @@ jobs:
           C7=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/upstash/context7/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name // "no-release"')
           echo "{ \"context-hub\": \"$CHUB\", \"context7\": \"$C7\", \"updated\": \"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)\" }" > docs/upstream-versions.json
 
-      - name: Commit if changed
+      - name: Create PR if changed
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git add docs/upstream-versions.json
-          git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m "chore: sync upstream versions [automated]"
-          git push
+          if git diff --staged --quiet; then
+            echo "No changes detected — upstream versions unchanged."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          BRANCH="chore/sync-upstream-$(date +%Y%m%d)"
+          git checkout -b "$BRANCH"
+          git commit -m "chore: sync upstream versions [automated]"
+          git push origin "$BRANCH"
+          EXISTING=$(gh pr list --head "$BRANCH" --json number --jq '.[0].number')
+          if [ -z "$EXISTING" ]; then
+            gh pr create \
+              --title "chore: sync upstream versions [automated]" \
+              --body "Automated daily sync of upstream release versions. Auto-generated by the Sync Upstream Doc Sources workflow." \
+              --head "$BRANCH" \
+              --base main
+          else
+            echo "PR #$EXISTING already exists for this branch."
+          fi