added the workflow files to automattically update the patch count

.github/workflows/patch_updator.yml

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+name: Count Patches
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+env:
+  TAG_COMMIT: 49a8273..
+jobs:
+  patch-count:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Get latest commit
+        id: log
+        run: echo "::set-output name=message::$(git log --no-merges -1 --oneline)"
+      - name: Get repo name
+        id: repo
+        run: echo "::set-output name=message::$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
+      - name: Insert Patch Count
+        if: "!contains(steps.log.outputs.message, 'Updated Patch Count') && contains(steps.repo.outputs.message, 'lnis-uofu/OpenFPGA')"
+        run: |
+          sed -i "/^set(OPENFPGA_VERSION_PATCH /s/[0-9]*)/`git log ${TAG_COMMIT}  --oneline | wc -l`)/" CMakeLists.txt
+          git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git add Makefile
+          git commit -m "Updated Patch Count"
+      - name: Push changes # push the output folder to your repo
+        if: "!contains(steps.log.outputs.message, 'Bump version') && contains(steps.repo.outputs.message, 'lnis-uofu/OpenFPGA')"
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}