README.md: bump given GitHub actions to their latest versions (#4265)

Co-authored-by: Andreas Deininger <adeininger@urbanonline.de>

Author: deining

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
           name: dist
           path: dist
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_BOT_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: 'build: update distribution'

README.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Create Pull Request action will:
       # Make changes to pull request here
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
 ```
 
 You can also pin to a [specific release](https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request/releases) version in the format `@v7.x.x`
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ If you want branches to be deleted immediately on merge then you should use GitH
 For self-hosted runners behind a corporate proxy set the `https_proxy` environment variable.
 ```yml
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
         env:
           https_proxy: http://<proxy_address>:<port>
 ```
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Note that in order to read the step outputs the action step must have an id.
 ```yml
       - name: Create Pull Request
         id: cpr
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
       - name: Check outputs
         if: ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number }}
         run: |
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ File changes that do not match one of the paths will be stashed and restored aft
 
 ```yml
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
         with:
           add-paths: |
             *.java
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Note that the repository must be checked out on a branch with a remote, it won't
 
 ```yml
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Create commits
         run: |
           git config user.name 'Peter Evans'
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ Note that the repository must be checked out on a branch with a remote, it won't
       - name: Uncommitted change
         run: date +%s > report.txt
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
 ```
 
 ### Auto-merge
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ jobs:
   createPullRequest:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Make changes to pull request
         run: date +%s > report.txt
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
         id: cpr
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
           commit-message: Update report