Automate update to third party notice file (#1508)

- create github action to add commit with updated 3rd party notices if it's not up to date
- remove the check from circleci

J=SLAP-1505
TEST=auto

push a package.json with version different from what's listed in the 3rd party notice file and see that a automated commit is made in this pr

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -116,18 +116,6 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             sudo apt-get install -qq gettext
             ./.circleci/run_translation_verification.sh
-  # verify that the third party notices file is up to date
-  third_party_notices_test:
-    docker:
-      - image: circleci/node:14.5
-    working_directory: ~/answers
-    steps:
-      - setup-workspace
-      - attach_workspace:
-          at: ~/answers
-      - run: 
-          name: Verify third party notices
-          command: ./.circleci/validate_third_party_notices.sh
   # deploy to S3 in the root folder, overwriting the existing latest version
   deploy_latest:
     docker:
@@ -203,15 +191,11 @@ workflows:
       - translation_test:
           requires:
             - build
-      - third_party_notices_test:
-          requires:
-            - build
       - deploy_branch:
           requires:
             - unit_test
             - browserstack_acceptance_test
             - headless_acceptance_test
-            - third_party_notices_test
   build_and_deploy_i18n:
     jobs:
       - build_i18n:
@@ -235,9 +219,6 @@ workflows:
       - translation_test:
           requires:
             - build_i18n
-      - third_party_notices_test:
-          requires:
-            - build_i18n
       - deploy_branch:
           filters:
             branches:
@@ -248,7 +229,6 @@ workflows:
             - browserstack_acceptance_test
             - headless_acceptance_test
             - translation_test
-            - third_party_notices_test
       - deploy_canary:
           filters:
             branches:
@@ -257,7 +237,6 @@ workflows:
             - unit_test
             - headless_acceptance_test
             - browserstack_acceptance_test
-            - third_party_notices_test
   build_and_deploy_hold:
     jobs:
       - build_i18n:
@@ -291,12 +270,6 @@ workflows:
               only: /^v.*/
           requires:
             - build_i18n
-      - third_party_notices_test:
-          filters:
-            tags:
-              only: /^v.*/
-          requires:
-            - build_i18n
       - hold:
           type: approval
           filters:
@@ -307,7 +280,6 @@ workflows:
             - browserstack_acceptance_test
             - headless_acceptance_test
             - translation_test
-            - third_party_notices_test
       - deploy_latest:
           filters:
             branches:

.github/workflows/third_party_notices_check.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Check Third Party Notices File
+
+on: pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  license-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: 14.x
+      - run: npm install -g generate-license-file
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: generate-license-file --input package.json --output ./THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES
+      - name: Update THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v7
+        with:
+          message: "Automated update to THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES from github action's 3rd party notices check"
+          add: 'THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES'
+          push: true
+          default_author: github_actions