Update GitHub workflow for POT creation using native functions and not a GitHub Action (#259)

Signed-off-by: Andy Fragen <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Colin Stewart <[email protected]>

Author: afragen

.github/workflows/generate-pot-pr.yml

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Configure git user
         run: |
-          git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
-          git config --global user.name "Andy Fragen"
+          git config user.name ${{ github.actor }}
+          git config user.email ${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com
 
       - name: Check if remote branch exists
         run: echo "REMOTE_BRANCH_EXISTS=$([[ -z $(git ls-remote --heads origin generate-pot) ]] && echo "0" || echo "1")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -62,10 +62,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create pull request
         if: env.CHANGES_DETECTED == 1
-        uses: repo-sync/pull-request@v2
-        with:
-          source_branch: generate-pot
-          destination_branch: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          pr_title: Generate POT
-          pr_body: "This is an automated pull-request"
+        run: gh pr create --base ${BRANCH_NAME} --head generate-pot --title "Generate POT - $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" --body "Automated PR"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}