MINOR: Create GitHub action to update NOTICE file automatically every year

.github/workflows/cron-update-new-year-copyright.yml

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+# under the License.
+#
+name: Update Copyright Year
+description: Update the year on copyright notice with a scheduled run on Jan 1st every year
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 1 1 *"  # Run once a year on January 1st
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  update-year:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Get the current year
+        id: get-year
+        run: |
+          CURRENT_YEAR=$(date +%Y)
+          echo "year=$CURRENT_YEAR" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Switch to trunk branch and create new branch
+        run: |
+          TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
+          BRANCH_NAME="trunk-copyright-year-${{ steps.get-year.outputs.year }}-${TIMESTAMP}"
+
+          git checkout trunk
+          git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME"
+          echo "BRANCH_NAME=$BRANCH_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Update year in NOTICE file
+        run: |
+          echo "Updating NOTICE file using sed..."
+          sed -i -E "s/(Copyright )([0-9]{4})( The Apache Software Foundation\.)/\1${{ steps.get-year.outputs.year }}\3/" NOTICE
+
+      - name: Push changes
+        run: |
+          TIMESTAMP=$(date +%s)    
+          # Git user.name and user.email come from https://github.com/actions/checkout?tab=readme-ov-file#push-a-commit-using-the-built-in-token
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}.git
+          git add NOTICE
+          git commit \
+            -m "Update NOTICE file to year ${{ steps.get-year.outputs.year }}" \
+            -m "GitHub Run: https://github.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+          git push origin "$BRANCH_NAME"
+
+      - name: Create pull request
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const branchName = process.env.BRANCH_NAME;
+            core.info("Creating Pull Request from branch: ${branchName}");
+            let response = await github.rest.pulls.create({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              title: "MINOR: Update NOTICE file to year ${{ steps.get-year.outputs.year }}",
+              head: branchName,
+              base: "trunk",
+              body: "This PR is auto-generated to update the NOTICE file on Jan 1st every year."
+            });
+            core.info("Pull Request created: #${response.data.number}");