Split up the dependency updates into its own scheduled job and to be run on the 'develop' branch instead of 'nightly' branch

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+# This workflow will do a clean install of ferdi dev-dependencies, update the dependencies, build the source code and run tests. It will only run on scheduled trigger.
+
+name: Ferdi Dependency updates
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *' # every night at 12 am
+
+env:
+  USE_HARD_LINKS: false
+
+jobs:
+  dependency_updates:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set env vars
+        run: |
+          echo "NPM_CACHE=$HOME/.npm" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Checkout code along with submodules
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Cache node modules
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        env:
+          cache-name: cache-node-modules
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.NPM_CACHE }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-build-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-
+      - name: Use Node.js 14.16.1
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: 14.16.1
+      - name: Uninstall locally and reinstall node-gyp globally
+        run: |
+          npm uninstall node-gyp
+          npm i -g node-gyp@8.0.0 && npm config set node_gyp "$(which node-gyp)"
+      - name: Install node dependencies recursively
+        run: npx lerna bootstrap
+      - name: Setup git configs
+        run: |
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+      - name: Update submodules, dependencies and run tests
+        run: |
+          echo "Updating submodules"
+          git submodule update --remote -f
+
+          echo "Updating browserslist db"
+          npx browserslist@latest --update-db
+
+          echo "Running linter and tests"
+          npm run lint
+          npm run test
+
+          echo "Committing and pushing submodules, dependency-updates and linter changes"
+          git commit -am "Update submodules, browserslist data updates and linter fixes [skip ci]" --no-verify || true
+          git push origin nightly --no-verify