GitHub Actions: Inputs unified across manual and reusable workflows

Workflows triggered by workflow_dispatch and workflow_call can now access their inputs using the inputs context.

Previously workflow_dispatch inputs were in the event payload. This made it difficult for workflow authors who wanted to have one workflow that was both reusable and manually triggered. Now a workflow author can write a single workflow triggered by workflow_dispatch and workflow_call and use the inputs context to access the input values.

For workflows triggered by workflow_dispatch inputs are still available in the github.event.inputs context to maintain compatibility.

Using the inputs context in GitHub Actions

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