adding automated builds

Author: somedeveloper00

.github/workflows/build.yml

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+name: Build and Package .NET App
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Setup .NET
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+      with:
+        dotnet-version: '10.0.x'   # Use latest 10.x preview SDK automatically
+
+    - name: Restore dependencies
+      run: dotnet restore
+
+    - name: Publish Windows build
+      run: dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 -o publish
+
+    - name: Archive build output
+      run: Compress-Archive -Path publish\* -DestinationPath win-x64.zip
+
+    - name: Generate changelog
+      id: changelog
+      run: |
+        $previousTag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 HEAD^ 2>$null || echo "")
+        if [ -z "$previousTag" ]; then
+          echo "## Changes since beginning" > RELEASE_NOTES.md
+          git log --pretty=format:"- %s" >> RELEASE_NOTES.md
+        else
+          echo "## Changes since $previousTag" > RELEASE_NOTES.md
+          git log $previousTag..HEAD --pretty=format:"- %s" >> RELEASE_NOTES.md
+        fi
+        echo "notes<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        cat RELEASE_NOTES.md >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+      with:
+        files: win-x64.zip
+        generate_release_notes: true
+        body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.notes }}
+