Add nightly build GH action to publish SNAPSHOT on Nexus

Author: jbonofre

Diff for: .github/workflows/nightly.yml

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+
+name: Nightly Build
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '15 12 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Setting explicit permissions for the action to avoid the default permissions which are `write-all` in case of pull_request_target event
+permissions:
+  actions: read
+  pull-requests: read
+  checks: read
+  contents: read
+  deployments: read
+  id-token: none
+  issues: read
+  discussions: read
+  packages: read
+  pages: read
+  repository-projects: read
+  security-events: read
+  statuses: read
+
+jobs:
+  nightly_build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up JDK 21
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '21'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+        with:
+          validate-wrappers: false
+      - name: Publish SNAPSHOTs to Apache Nexus Repository
+        run: ./gradlew publishToApache
+        env:
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_apacheUsername: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_USER }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_apachePassword: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_PW }}