Initial action to run github codeql analysis

Signed-off-by: Christoph Niethammer <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

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+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '26 14 * * 6'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze (${{ matrix.language }})
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    permissions:
+      # required for all workflows
+      security-events: write
+
+      # required to fetch internal or private CodeQL packs
+      packages: read
+
+      # only required for workflows in private repositories
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+        - language: c-cpp
+          build-mode: manual
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Install OS package dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt install libboost-all-dev libyaml-cpp-dev
+
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
+        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
+        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
+        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
+
+        # For more details on CodeQL's query packs, refer to: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
+        queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
+
+    - name: Build code
+      run: |
+        cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
+        cmake --build .
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      with:
+        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"