Another try at properly configure update of samples

.github/workflows/release-perform.yml

@@ -32,6 +32,36 @@ jobs:
     name: Post release tasks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        id: app-token
+        name: Create GitHub App Token
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.CI_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.CI_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+
+      - name: Get GitHub App User ID
+        id: get-user-id
+        run: echo "user-id=$(gh api "/users/${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]" --jq .id)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+
+      - name: Configure Git author
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name '${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]'
+          git config --global user.email '${{ steps.get-user-id.outputs.user-id }}+${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>'
+
+      - uses: radcortez/project-metadata-action@main
+        name: Retrieve project metadata
+        id: metadata
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          metadata-file-path: '.github/project.yml'
+          local-file: true
+
       - name: Update dependency versions for the samples
         run: |
           while IFS= read -r -d '' pom