Merge branch 'dev' into GC-22

Author: Thirunayan22

.gitattributes

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+# Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
+* text=auto

.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml

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+name: SonarCloud Code Quality Analysis
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+      - stage
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+      - stage
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  sonarcloud:
+    name: SonarCloud
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # Shallow clones should be disabled for a better relevancy of analysis
+      - name: SonarCloud Scan
+        uses: SonarSource/sonarcloud-github-action@master
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Needed to get PR information, if any
+          SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}  # Needed to authenticate with SonarCloud
+        with:
+
+          args:
+
+            -Dsonar.projectKey=${{ secrets.SONAR_PROJECT_KEY }}
+            -Dsonar.organization=${{ secrets.SONAR_ORGANIZATION }}