feat: improve the Awesome Workflow (#2408)

* fix: Awesome Workflow issues

Thanks to @tjgurwara99 for the original fix: TheAlgorithms/C#1176

* chore: apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Taj <tjgurwara99@users.noreply.github.com>

* feat: various improvements

* chore: apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Taj <tjgurwara99@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

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+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+      with:
+        languages: cpp
+        # 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.
+
+        # 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
+
+    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, Go, or Java).
+    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
+    - name: Autobuild
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2
+
+    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
+    # 📚 See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun
+
+    #   If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines.
+    #   modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project, please refer to the EXAMPLE below for guidance.
+
+    # - run: |
+    #   echo "Run, Build Application using script"
+    #   ./location_of_script_within_repo/buildscript.sh
+    #
+    #   In our case, this would be a CMake build step.
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+      with:
+        category: "/language:cpp"