add proto benchmark workflow for self-hosted

.github/workflows/benchmark_and_publish.yml

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+# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
+# See for reference:
+# https://github.com/scikit-image/scikit-image/blob/main/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml#L77
+
+name: benchmarks
+
+# Controls when the workflow will run
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the "main" branch
+  push:
+    # branches: [ "main" ]
+  # pull_request:
+  #   branches: [ "main" ]
+#   schedule:
+    # set this to whatever is reasonable for the specific project
+    # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
+    # - cron:  '0 * * * *' # hourly
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+
+# permissions:
+#     contents: read
+
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "benchmark"
+  benchmark:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest #self-hosted
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Create virtual environment?
+      - name: Create virtual environment
+        run: echo "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE ${{ github.repository }}""
+
+      # Run `asv run` ?
+      - name: Run asv benchmarks from root
+        run: echo "${{ github.actor }}"
+
+      # Run `asv publish` ?
+      - name: Generate html files from results
+        run: |
+          echo Generate html files
+          echo from benchmark results
+
+  # # publish results to static site
+  # publish:
+  #   needs: [benchmark]
+  #   runs-on: self-hosted
+  #   steps: checkout gh-pages > checkout results from the branch PR > push gh-pages