adding hmcts user and ensure the pipeline pushes the changes to the s…

…ource branch

.github/workflows/terraform.yaml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ permissions:
   id-token: write
   issues: write
   pull-requests: write
-  contents: read
+  contents: write
 
 jobs:
   pre-commit:
@@ -50,16 +50,24 @@ jobs:
           cd components
           terraform fmt -recursive
 
+      - name: Check for changes
+        id: git-check
+        run: |
+          git diff --exit-code || echo "changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Commit and push if changes
+        if: steps.git-check.outputs.changes == 'true'
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name 'hmcts-platform-operations'
+          git config --global user.email '[email protected]'
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "Apply Terraform formatting changes"
+          git push
+
       - name: Run Pre-commit
         uses: pre-commit/[email protected]
         with:
           extra_args: --files components/**/*
-
-      - name: Auto Commit Changes
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
-        with:
-          commit_message: "Apply Terraform formatting changes"
-          file_pattern: components/**/*
 
   terraform:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest