Added dependency installation and checking directory existence

Author: alkaline-0

.github/workflows/create-image.yml

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+name: "initial-image-build-workflow"
+
+on:
+  # Trigger a specific workflow run on demand without need for a code push/pull request
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      githubRepo:
+        description: "Link of public github repo to deploy"
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  create_docker_image:
+    permissions:
+      contents: "read"
+      id-token: "write"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+        run: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+      - name: Install Github dependents info
+        run: pip install -U github-dependents-info
+      - name: Check if directory exists
+      - run: |
+          year=&(echo $(date '+%Y'))
+          if [ -d submissions${year} ]; then
+           echo "Directory exists"
+          else
+           echo "Directory does not exist"
+          fi
+
+# need to add export DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 before building python docker image