chore(ci): Update version of actions/checkout from v2 to v4 and added required permissions to release semantic version job

Author: yash-1104github

.github/workflows/build_and_release.yaml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
           node-version: '18.x'
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: |
           echo "::debug:: begin preparing...";
           echo "::debug:: branch to rlease: $GITHUB_REF_NAME"
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip-ci') && !contains(needs.prepare.outputs.NO_NEED_TO_BUILD, 'true')
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ env.node-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
@@ -121,9 +121,13 @@ jobs:
       !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip-ci') &&
       github.event_name == 'push' &&
       github.repository == ${{ github.env.repository }}
+    permissions: 
+      contents: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set up Node.js
@@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
       github.event_name == 'push' &&
       github.repository == ${{ github.env.repository }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Download bundled client resources
         if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4

.github/workflows/deploy.yaml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
           node-version: '18.x'
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # have to checkout master, to read releaserc, which means we must update the rc file in master with the newest settings
           ref: master
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip-ci')
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
       - name: Use Node.js 18.x

.github/workflows/treetracker-frontend-pr.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip-ci')
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ env.node-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with: