update dates GitHub Action

.github/workflows/scripts/update_dates.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Starting dates update process..."
+
+# Read examples.json
+EXAMPLES_FILE="_data/examples.json"
+TEMP_FILE="_data/examples.temp.json"
+
+# Create temp file if needed
+if [ ! -f "$TEMP_FILE" ]; then
+    cp "$EXAMPLES_FILE" "$TEMP_FILE"
+fi
+
+# Function to get Git dates for a folder
+get_git_dates() {
+    local folder=$1
+
+    # Get first commit date (creation date)
+    local created=$(git log --reverse --format=%aI -- "$folder" | head -n 1)
+
+    # Get last commit date (modification date)
+    local lastModified=$(git log -1 --format=%aI -- "$folder")
+
+    # Return both dates in JSON format
+    echo "{\"created\":\"$created\",\"lastModified\":\"$lastModified\"}"
+}
+
+# Read examples.json into a variable
+EXAMPLES=$(cat "$EXAMPLES_FILE")
+
+# Process each example
+UPDATED_EXAMPLES=$(echo "$EXAMPLES" | jq -c '.[]' | while read -r example; do
+    slug=$(echo "$example" | jq -r '.slug')
+    folder="plugins/$slug"
+    
+    if [ -d "$folder" ]; then
+        # Get dates from Git history
+        dates=$(get_git_dates "$folder")
+        created=$(echo "$dates" | jq -r '.created')
+        lastModified=$(echo "$dates" | jq -r '.lastModified')
+        
+        # Update the example with new dates
+        echo "$example" | jq --arg created "$created" --arg lastModified "$lastModified" \
+            '. + {created: $created, lastModified: $lastModified}'
+    else
+        echo "$example"
+    fi
+done | jq -s '.')
+
+# Write the updated content back to examples.json
+echo "$UPDATED_EXAMPLES" > "$EXAMPLES_FILE"
+
+echo "Finished dates update process. ✅" 

.github/workflows/update-dates.yml

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+name: Update Creation and Modification Dates
+
+on:
+    workflow_dispatch:
+    schedule:
+        - cron: '0 0 1 * *' # Run monthly on the first day at midnight
+
+jobs:
+    update-dates:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        permissions:
+            contents: write
+
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                  fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for all branches and tags
+
+            - name: Make script executable
+              run: chmod +x .github/workflows/scripts/update_dates.sh
+
+            - name: Update dates
+              env:
+                  EXAMPLES_FILE: '_data/examples.json'
+              run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/update_dates.sh
+
+            - name: Commit changes
+              run: |
+                  git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+                  git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+                  git add _data/examples.json
+                  git diff --quiet && git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m "Update creation and modification dates"
+
+            - name: Push changes
+              uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+              with:
+                  github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+                  branch: ${{ github.ref }}