Try new fix for format workflow

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # Ensures full commit history for branch creation
 
       - name: Set up Julia
         uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
         with:
-          version: '1.11'  # Adjust as needed
+          version: '1.11'
 
       - name: Install JuliaFormatter
         run: julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add("JuliaFormatter"); Pkg.update()'
@@ -40,12 +42,20 @@ jobs:
             BRANCH_NAME=${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}}
             echo "Detected branch: $BRANCH_NAME"
 
-            git switch "$BRANCH_NAME" 2>/dev/null || git checkout -B "$BRANCH_NAME"
+            git switch -c format/${BRANCH_NAME}
             git commit -m "Auto-format code using JuliaFormatter (spaces only)"
-            git push origin "$BRANCH_NAME"
-          fi
+            git push https://x-access-token:${GH_PAT}@github.com/sandialabs/Norma.jl.git HEAD:format/${BRANCH_NAME}
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
+          GH_PAT: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
+          branch: format/${BRANCH_NAME}
+          title: "Auto-format code using JuliaFormatter"
+          body: "This PR applies auto-formatting to the codebase."
+          base: main
 
   test:
     name: Run Tests