#169 - Add feature branching strategy for projects

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Description

For larger projects, this defines a feature branching strategy that allows for main to stay clean while features are in development.

Change log

• Allow PR workflows to be run against feature branches
• Add documentation on feature branch usage
• Add a cron job for opening PRs to merge main into feature branches weekly on monday mornings
• Added branch protections for feature branches
• TODO: update merge requirements for feature branches to include required status checks (can't do until after this merges)

Testing

• Successful workflow
• Example merge without conflicts
• Example merge with conflicts

Issue #169

Checklist

• I am familiar with the Contributing Guidelines.
• New or existing tests cover these changes.
• The documentation is up to date with these changes.

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