Added new way to merge samples

.github/workflows/merge-json.yml

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+name: Merge JSON files
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '/samples/**/assets/sample.json'
+
+jobs:
+  merge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: '16'
+
+      - name: Download samples.json
+        run: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-extensions/main/.metadata/samples.json
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install glob lodash
+
+      - name: Merge JSON files
+        run: node .github/workflows/merge.js
+
+      - name: Commit to Docs branch
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git checkout Docs
+          git add docs/samples.json
+          git commit -m "Update samples.json"
+          git push
+
+      - name: Commit to gh-pages branch
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git checkout gh-pages
+          git add samples.json
+          git commit -m "Update samples.json"
+          git push

.github/workflows/merge.js

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+const glob = require('glob');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
+let result = {};
+
+glob("samples/**/assets/sample.json", function (er, files) {
+  files.forEach(file => {
+    const data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file));
+    result = _.merge(result, data);
+  });
+
+  fs.writeFileSync('samples.json', JSON.stringify(result));
+});