Analysis: No workflows require contents:write permissions for git push operations

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This PR addresses the requirement to audit GitHub workflows for git push operations and ensure proper permissions are configured.

Analysis Performed

I conducted a comprehensive audit of all GitHub workflows in this repository to identify any that perform git push operations (either explicitly or via scripts/actions) that would require contents: write permissions.

Workflows Examined:

• build.yml - Build and test operations only
• codeql.yml - Code analysis only
• fossa.yml - License scanning only
• gradle-wrapper-validation.yml - Validation only
• issue-management-feedback-label.yml - GitHub API operations for label management
• issue-management-stale-action.yml - GitHub API operations for stale issue management
• oats-tests.yml - Acceptance testing only
• ossf-scorecard.yml - Security scorecard analysis only
• reusable-markdown-link-check.yml - Link checking only
• reusable-workflow-notification.yml - GitHub API operations for issue management

Search Methods Used:

• Direct search for "git push" patterns in all workflow files
• Search for auto-commit GitHub Actions (stefanzweifel, EndBug, etc.)
• Review of all scripts referenced by workflows
• Repository-wide search for any git operations

Findings

No workflows in this repository perform git push operations. All workflows are read-only or use GitHub API operations that don't require contents: write permissions.

• All workflows appropriately use contents: read permission where specified
• GitHub CLI operations (gh issue edit, gh issue create) use the GitHub API, not git push
• No auto-commit or auto-push GitHub Actions are in use
• All referenced scripts perform read-only or external operations only

Conclusion

No changes are needed. All existing permission configurations are appropriate and follow the principle of least privilege.

Fixes #26.

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