Update jquery validate periodically

.github/workflows/update-jquery-validate.yml

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+name: Update jquery.validate
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 1 * *'  # Run on the first day of the month
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Allow manual runs
+
+jobs:
+  update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.x'
+
+      - name: Set RepoRoot
+        run: echo "RepoRoot=$(pwd)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Update dependencies
+        working-directory: ${{ env.RepoRoot }}/src/Mvc/build
+        run: |
+          npm install --no-lockfile
+          npm run build
+          echo "JQUERY_VALIDATE_VERSION=$(npm ls jquery-validation --json | jq -r '.dependencies["jquery-validation"].version')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        id: cpr
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: Update jquery.validate to ${{ env.JQUERY_VALIDATE_VERSION }}
+          title: Update jquery.validate to ${{ env.JQUERY_VALIDATE_VERSION }}
+          body: |
+            Update jquery.validate to the latest version.
+          # The branch name is based on the date in the format YYYY-MM-DD
+          branch: update-jquery-validate-$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')
+          base: main
+          paths: |
+            **/jquery.validate.js
+            **/jquery.validate.min.js

src/Mvc/build/copy-files.mjs

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+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+const repoRoot = process.env.RepoRoot;
+if (!repoRoot) {
+  throw new Error('RepoRoot environment variable is not set')
+}
+
+// Search all the folders in the src directory for the files "jquery.validate.js" and "jquery.validate.min.js" but skip this
+// folder as well as the "node_modules" folder, the "bin" folder, and the "obj" folder. Recurse over subfolders.
+
+const srcDir = path.join(repoRoot, 'src');
+const files = [];
+const search = (dir) => {
+  const entries = fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    if (entry.isDirectory() && entry.name !== 'node_modules' && entry.name !== 'bin' && entry.name !== 'obj') {
+      search(path.join(dir, entry.name));
+    } else if (entry.isFile() && (entry.name === 'jquery.validate.js' || entry.name === 'jquery.validate.min.js')) {
+      files.push(path.join(dir, entry.name));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+search(srcDir);
+
+// Replace the files found with the versions from <<current-folder>>/node_modules/jquery-validation/dist.
+// Note that <<current-folder>>/node_modules/jquery-validation/dist/jquery.validate.js needs to override the
+// jquery.validate.js file found in the files array and the same for jquery.validate.min.js.
+const nodeModulesDir = path.join(import.meta.dirname, 'node_modules', 'jquery-validation', 'dist');
+
+for (const file of files) {
+  const source = path.join(nodeModulesDir, path.basename(file));
+  const target = file;
+  fs.copyFileSync(source, target);
+  console.log(`Copied ${path.basename(file)} to ${target}`);
+}

src/Mvc/build/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "jquery-validation-dependency",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "node copy-files.mjs"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "jquery-validation": "^1.20.1"
+  }
+}