Attempt to fix qatest.yaml CodeQL issues (#3987)

.github/workflows/.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+qatest.yaml -text eol=crlf

.github/workflows/qatest.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 name: Run QA Test # Runs automated tests on a self-hosted QA machine
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  #pull-requests: write # maybe need to re-add this later
 
 on:
   workflow_run:
@@ -15,11 +18,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Debug Workflow Variables
+        env:
+          HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
+          HEAD_COMMIT_MSG: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_commit.message }}
         run: |
           echo "Workflow Conclusion: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion }}"
-          echo "Workflow Head Branch: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}"
+          echo "Workflow Head Branch: $HEAD_BRANCH"
           echo "Workflow Run ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}"
-          echo "Head Commit Message: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_commit.message }}"
+          echo "Head Commit Message: $HEAD_COMMIT_MSG"
           echo "GitHub Ref: ${{ github.ref }}"
           echo "GitHub Ref Name: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
           echo "GitHub Event Name: ${{ github.event_name }}"