Add dependabot and update CI a bit

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"

.github/workflows/CompatHelper.yml

@@ -5,11 +5,30 @@ on:
     - cron: 0 0 * * *
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
   CompatHelper:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Check if Julia is already available in the PATH
+        id: julia_in_path
+        run: which julia
+        continue-on-error: true
+      - name: Install Julia, but only if it is not already available in the PATH
+        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+        with:
+          version: '1'
+          arch: ${{ runner.arch }}
+        if: steps.julia_in_path.outcome != 'success'
+      - name: "Add the General registry via Git"
+        run: |
+          import Pkg
+          ENV["JULIA_PKG_SERVER"] = ""
+          Pkg.Registry.add("General")
+        shell: julia --color=yes {0}
       - name: "Install CompatHelper"
         run: |
           import Pkg

.github/workflows/benchmark.yml

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # setup
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@latest
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
         with:
           version: '1.7'
-      - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@latest
+      - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1
       - name: install dependencies
         run: julia -e 'using Pkg; pkg"add PkgBenchmark [email protected]"'
       # run the benchmark suite

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -40,16 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-      - uses: actions/cache@v1
-        env:
-          cache-name: cache-artifacts
-        with:
-          path: ~/.julia/artifacts
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Project.toml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ env.cache-name }}-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-test-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-
+      - uses: julia-actions/cache@v1
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@v1
         with:

.github/workflows/format.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@latest
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
         with:
           version: 1
       - run: |