Update version number in manifest.yml (#756)

Add automation to update version number in manifest.yml. Also,
bring required commits from main.

.github/scripts/manifest_updater.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import os
+import argparse
+
+THIS_FILE_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+MANIFEST_FILE = os.path.join(THIS_FILE_PATH, '..', '..', 'manifest.yml')
+
+def update_manifest_file(new_version_number):
+    updated_lines = []
+    with open(MANIFEST_FILE, 'r') as f:
+        for line in f:
+            line = line.strip()
+            if line.startswith('version'):
+                updated_lines.append(f'version: "v{new_version_number}"\n')
+            else:
+                updated_lines.append(f'{line}\n')
+
+    with open(MANIFEST_FILE, 'w') as f:
+        f.writelines(updated_lines)
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--version', required=True, help='New version number.')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    update_manifest_file(args.version)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()