add dependabot.yml and update actions versions (#29)

Author: luo-anthony

.github/dependabot.yml

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

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install project
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install project
         run: make install
       - name: Run tests
         run: make test
       - name: "Upload coverage to Codecov"
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         # with:
         #   fail_ci_if_error: true
 
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ jobs:
         os: [macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install project
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ jobs:
         os: [windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install Pip

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           # by default, it uses a depth of 1
           # this fetches all history so that we can read each commit
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ jobs:
     needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: '3.x'
     - name: Install dependencies

.github/workflows/rename_project.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ !contains (github.repository, '/python-project-template') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           # by default, it uses a depth of 1
           # this fetches all history so that we can read each commit