Save clone count badge in comment

Just as an alternative, save clone count badge as a comment in gist:

name: GitHub Clone Count Update Everyday

on:
  schedule:
    # Runs at 12am UTC
    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: gh login
        run: echo "${{ secrets.SECRET_TOKEN }}" | gh auth login --with-token

      - name: parse latest clone count
        run: |
          curl --user "${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.SECRET_TOKEN }}" \
            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
            https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/traffic/clones \
            > clone.json

      - name: create gist and download previous count
        id: set_id
        run: |
          if gh secret list | grep -q "GIST_ID"
          then
              echo "GIST_ID found"
              echo "GIST=${{ secrets.GIST_ID }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
              curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.actor }}/${{ secrets.GIST_ID }}/raw/clone.json > clone_before.json
              if cat clone_before.json | grep '404: Not Found'; then
                echo "GIST_ID not valid anymore. Creating another gist..."
                gist_id=$(gh gist create clone.json | awk -F / '{print $NF}')
                echo $gist_id | gh secret set GIST_ID
                echo "GIST=$gist_id" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
                cp clone.json clone_before.json
              fi
          else
              echo "GIST_ID not found. Creating a gist..."
              gist_id=$(gh gist create clone.json | awk -F / '{print $NF}')
              echo $gist_id | gh secret set GIST_ID
              echo "GIST=$gist_id" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
              cp clone.json clone_before.json
          fi

          if gh secret list | grep -q "GIST_COMMENT_ID"
          then
              echo "GIST_COMMENT_ID found"
              echo "COMMENT=${{ secrets.GIST_COMMENT_ID }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
              curl --user "${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.SECRET_TOKEN }}" \
              -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
              https://api.github.com/gists/${{ secrets.GIST_ID }}/comments/${{ secrets.GIST_COMMENT_ID }} \
              > comment.json
              if cat comment.json | grep 'Not Found'; then
                echo "GIST_COMMENT_ID not found."
                echo "COMMENT=not_found" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
              fi
          else
              echo "GIST_COMMENT_ID not found."
              echo "COMMENT=not_found" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          fi

      - name: update clone.json
        run: |
          curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MShawon/github-clone-count-badge/master/main.py > main.py
          python3 main.py

      - name: Update gist with latest count
        run: |
          if ! diff -q "clone.json" "clone_before.json" >/dev/null
          then
            content=$(sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/\t/\\t/g' -e 's/\"/\\"/g' -e 's/\r//g' "clone.json" | sed -E ':a;N;$!ba;s/\r{0,1}\n/\\n/g')
            echo '{"description": "Clone statistics: ${{ github.repository }}", "files": {"clone.json": {"content": "'"$content"'"}}}' > post_clone.json
            curl -s -X PATCH \
              --user "${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.SECRET_TOKEN }}" \
              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
              -d @post_clone.json https://api.github.com/gists/${{ steps.set_id.outputs.GIST }} > /dev/null 2>&1
            fi

      - name: Add badge comments
        run: |
          if [ "${{ steps.set_id.outputs.COMMENT }}" == "not_found" ]; then
            shields="https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/json?color=success&label=Clone&query=count&url="
            url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.actor }}/${{ steps.set_id.outputs.GIST }}/raw/clone.json"
            repo="https://github.com/MShawon/github-clone-count-badge"
            echo ''> BADGE.md
            echo '
            **Markdown**

            ```markdown' >> BADGE.md
            echo "[![GitHub Clones]($shields$url&logo=github)]($repo)" >> BADGE.md
            echo '

        **HTML**
        ```html' >> BADGE.md
        echo "<a href='$repo'><img alt='GitHub Clones' src='$shields$url&logo=github'></a>" >> BADGE.md
        echo '```' >> BADGE.md

        body=$(sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/\t/\\t/g' -e 's/\"/\\"/g' -e 's/\r//g' "BADGE.md" | sed -E ':a;N;$!ba;s/\r{0,1}\n/\\n/g')
        echo '{"body": "'"$body"'"}' > post_comment.json
        comment_id=$(curl -s -X POST \
        --user "${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.SECRET_TOKEN }}" \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -d @post_comment.json https://api.github.com/gists/${{ steps.set_id.outputs.GIST }}/comments \
        | jq '.id')
        echo $comment_id | gh secret set GIST_COMMENT_ID
      fi

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