Update Release and Pull Request creation workflows (#12767)

Author: shamil-mubarakshin

.github/workflows/create_github_release.yml

@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
     - name: Create release for ${{ github.event.client_payload.ReleaseBranchName }}
-      uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1.16.0
+      uses: ncipollo/release-action@440c8c1cb0ed28b9f43e4d1d670870f059653174 #v1.16.0
       with:
         tag: ${{ github.event.client_payload.ReleaseBranchName }}
         name: ${{ github.event.client_payload.ReleaseTitle }}
         body: ${{ github.event.client_payload.ReleaseBody }}
         prerelease: ${{ github.event.client_payload.Prerelease }}
         commit: ${{ github.event.client_payload.Commitish }}
+        allowUpdates: true

.github/workflows/create_pull_request.yml

@@ -26,15 +26,29 @@ jobs:
       with:
         github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
         script: |
-          let response = await github.rest.pulls.create({
+          const pulls = await github.rest.pulls.list({
             owner: context.repo.owner,
             repo: context.repo.repo,
-            title: "${{ github.event.client_payload.PullRequestTitle }}",
-            head: "${{ github.event.client_payload.ReleaseBranchName }}-docs",
+            head: `${context.repo.owner}:${{ github.event.client_payload.ReleaseBranchName }}-docs`,
             base: "${{ github.event.client_payload.PullRequestBase }}",
-            body: `${{ github.event.client_payload.PullRequestBody }}`
+            state: 'open'
           });
-          return response.data.number
+
+          if (pulls.data.length > 0) {
+            console.log(`Pull request already exists: ${pulls.data[0].html_url}`);
+            return pulls.data[0].number;
+          } else {
+            console.log('No existing pull request found, creating new one');
+            let response = await github.rest.pulls.create({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              title: "${{ github.event.client_payload.PullRequestTitle }}",
+              head: "${{ github.event.client_payload.ReleaseBranchName }}-docs",
+              base: "${{ github.event.client_payload.PullRequestBase }}",
+              body: `${{ github.event.client_payload.PullRequestBody }}`
+            });
+            return response.data.number;
+          }
 
     - name: Request reviewers
       uses: actions/github-script@v7

.github/workflows/update_github_release.yml

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
     - name: Update release for ${{ github.event.client_payload.ReleaseBranchName }}
       uses: actions/github-script@v7
       with: