Clean up State Branches

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## Describe the Feature

The component updater creates and orphans a lot of branches. Any PR that is not merged and is _closed_ creates a stale branch.

Add an (optional) step to the component updater workflow to clean up stale branches

## Expected Behavior

The component updater should include an option to regularly clean up stale branches in the same workflow

## Use Case

Clean up stale branches every night

## Describe Ideal Solution

No persistent stale branches created by this action

## Alternatives Considered

Use another tool on a schedule to clean up stale branches. Examples
- https://github.com/beatlabs/delete-old-branches-action
- https://github.com/marketplace/actions/stale-branches
- many more from googling

## Additional Context

n/a