Improve Action Versions.

● Fixed.
- Removed FORCE JAVASCRIPT ACTIONS & NODE OPTIONS Env Overrides.
- Removed Deprecation Warnings & Clear Runner Execution Logs.
● Added.
- Dependabot Configuration For Monthly Updates.
- Updated Actions/Checkout To v6.
- Updated Docker/Setup-Buildx-Action To v4.
- Updated Actions/Upload-Artifact To v7.
- Updated Actions/Download-Artifact To v8.

★ Signed-Off-By: Oliver ★
★ Co-Authored-By: Subhasish, James, Mark, Steffen ★

Author: encodebot

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly"

.github/workflows/git-builder.yml

@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
-# Force all GitHub Actions to use Node.js 24 to prevent deprecation failures
-env:
-  FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
-  NODE_OPTIONS: "--no-deprecation"
-
 jobs:
   check-version:
     name: Safety Measure & Version Check
@@ -24,15 +19,15 @@ jobs:
       version: ${{ steps.check.outputs.version }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Check Upstream Version vs Latest Release
         id: check
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          
+ 
           echo "Fetching Latest Git Source..."
           # Uses advanced RegEx to extract ONLY stable versions (ignores -rc release candidates)
           GIT_VERSION=$(curl -fsSL "https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/" | grep -oP '(?<=git-)\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?=\.tar\.gz)' | sort -Vu | tail -n 1)
@@ -71,16 +66,16 @@ jobs:
             ext_name: linuxarm64
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
 
       - name: Build, Extract, and Compress Binary
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           mkdir -p ./output ./artifacts
-          
+
           docker buildx build \
             --platform linux/${{ matrix.arch }} \
             --build-arg GIT_VERSION=${{ needs.check-version.outputs.version }} \
@@ -96,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
           cd ..
 
       - name: Upload Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: git-${{ matrix.arch }}
           path: ./artifacts/git-master-latest-${{ matrix.ext_name }}-gpl.tar.xz
@@ -110,12 +105,12 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 72 # Safety net for GitHub API uploads
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
       - name: Download Artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           path: ./artifacts
           merge-multiple: true
@@ -158,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "✅ Release $TAG_NAME already exists. Skipping creation."
             exit 0
           fi
-          
+
           DATE_STR=$(date -u +'%d/%m/%Y At %H:%M')
           COMMIT_MSG=$(git log -1 --pretty=%B | head -n 1)
           PREV_HASH=$(git log -2 --pretty=%H | tail -n 1)
@@ -168,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
           $COMMIT_MSG
           This reverts commit $PREV_HASH.
           EOF
-          
+
           echo "Creating release for $TAG_NAME..."
           gh release create "$TAG_NAME" ./artifacts/* \
             --title "Git $VERSION (Executable) - Latest" \
@@ -179,10 +174,10 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          
+
           echo "Fetching all releases safely via JSON..."
           RELEASES=$(gh release list --limit 100 --json tagName --jq '.[].tagName')
-          
+
           COUNT=0
           for REL in $RELEASES; do
             if [ -z "$REL" ] || [ "$REL" == "null" ]; then continue; fi
@@ -202,17 +197,17 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 61 # Safety net for git push
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Push Keepalive Commit
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          
+
           git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          
+
           git checkout -B dev
           git commit --allow-empty -m "chore: keepalive to prevent GitHub Actions cron pause [skip ci]"
           git push origin dev --force