automate nightly & release builds using github actions and fix #11 (#10)

* ci: add github actions ci

* ci: upload build artifacts

* ci: fix wrong branch name

* ci: add artifact names

* ci: refactor for easier portability

* ci: simplify step

* ci: automatically add build result to release

* ci: use windows-2019

* fix: twinx and tiki are switched around #11

* ci: fix space in artifact name

* ci: update update.xml on release

* ci: refactor a bit and actually update & commit

* ci: put path to FunkeySelector.exe

* ci: attempt to debug

* ci: try to push changes

* ci: checkout default branch

* ci: push to default branch

* chore(update): update update.xml

* ci: debug null error

* chore(update): update update.xml

* ci: set correct asset name

* ci: use GITHUB_OUTPUT properly

* chore(update): update update.xml

* revert: "chore(update): update update.xml"

This reverts commit 42888e6.

* ci: set version in AssemblyInfo.cs

* chore(update): update update.xml

* chore(update): update update.xml

* ci: get tag name properly

* ci: run on every push & PR

* ci: use action to get tag name

* ci: run always on push

* ci: fetch git tags

* ci: unshallow using git fetch

* ci: try using other action to get tag

* ci: commit changes to AssemblyInfo.cs

* ci: clarify commit message

* ci: correct description

* ci: get version from update.xml

* ci: don't care about tags

* chore(release): v3.0.7

* ci: add warning about unintended behavior

* revert: changes from test releases

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.github/workflows/nightly.yml

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+# Builds a .NET framework project
+name: Nightly builds
+
+env:
+  projectName: FunkeySelectorGUI
+  projectFolder: FunkeySelector
+  solutionFile: FunkeySelector.sln
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - "gh-pages"
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - "gh-pages"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        configuration: [ Debug, Release ]
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup MSBuild
+        uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1
+
+      - name: Setup NuGet
+        uses: NuGet/setup-nuget@v1
+
+      - name: Restore Packages
+        run: nuget restore ${{ env.solutionFile }}
+
+      - name: Get version from update.xml
+        id: getVersion
+        uses: mavrosxristoforos/get-xml-info@1.2.1
+        with:
+          xml-file: update.xml
+          xpath: //update/@version
+
+      - name: Normalize the version string into SemVer format (x.x.x)
+        id: normalizeVersion
+        run: |
+          $versionString = "${{ steps.getVersion.outputs.info }}"
+          $digits = $versionString.Split(".").Length
+          if ($digits -eq 1) { $versionString += ".0.0" }
+          elseif ($digits -eq 2) { $versionString += ".0" }
+          "VERSION=$($versionString)" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Append
+      
+      - name: Set version in AssemblyInfo.cs
+        uses: secondbounce/assemblyinfo-update@v2
+        with:
+          version: "${{ steps.normalizeVersion.outputs.VERSION }}"
+
+      - name: Build solution
+        run: msbuild ${{ env.solutionFile }} -t:rebuild -property:Configuration=${{ matrix.configuration }}
+
+      - name: Upload the build results as an artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.projectFolder }}/bin/${{ matrix.configuration }}/*
+          name: ${{ env.projectName }}.Nightly.${{ matrix.configuration }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+# Builds a .NET framework project in Release mode when a new release is created
+# and uploads the build results to the newly created release
+# then updates update.xml and Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+name: Publish release
+
+env:
+  projectName: FunkeySelectorGUI
+  projectFolder: FunkeySelector
+  solutionFile: FunkeySelector.sln
+
+on:
+  release: 
+    types:
+      - released
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      id-token: write
+    strategy:
+      matrix: # please please please don't put multiple build configurations in here, it will cause unintended behaviour
+        configuration: [ Release ]
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: "${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}"
+
+      - name: Setup git configuration
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "Github Actions Bot"
+          git config user.email "<>"
+      
+      - name: Setup MSBuild
+        uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1
+
+      - name: Setup NuGet
+        uses: NuGet/setup-nuget@v1
+
+      - name: Restore Packages
+        run: nuget restore ${{ env.solutionFile }}
+
+      - name: Get version from release name
+        id: version
+        uses: mad9000/actions-find-and-replace-string@4
+        with:
+          source: "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
+          find: "v"
+          replace: ""
+
+      - name: Normalize the version string into SemVer format (x.x.x)
+        id: normalizeVersion
+        run: |
+          $versionString = "${{ steps.version.outputs.value }}"
+          $digits = $versionString.Split(".").Length
+          if ($digits -eq 1) { $versionString += ".0.0" }
+          elseif ($digits -eq 2) { $versionString += ".0" }
+          "VERSION=$($versionString)" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Append
+      
+      - name: Set version in AssemblyInfo.cs
+        uses: secondbounce/assemblyinfo-update@v2
+        with:
+          version: "${{ steps.normalizeVersion.outputs.VERSION }}"
+
+      - name: Build solution
+        run: msbuild ${{ env.solutionFile }} -t:rebuild -property:Configuration=${{ matrix.configuration }}
+
+      - name: Upload the build results as an artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.projectFolder }}/bin/${{ matrix.configuration }}/*
+          name: ${{ env.projectName }}.${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.${{ matrix.configuration }}
+
+      - name: Upload build results to release
+        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
+        with:
+          file: ${{ env.projectFolder }}/bin/${{ matrix.configuration }}/FunkeySelector.exe
+          asset_name: FunkeySelectorGUI.exe
+
+      - name: Get file size of FunkeySelectorGUI.exe
+        id: filesize
+        run: |
+          "FILESIZE=$((Get-Item ${{ env.projectFolder }}/bin/${{ matrix.configuration }}/FunkeySelector.exe).length)" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Append
+      
+      - name: Update update.xml
+        run: echo '<update version="${{ steps.version.outputs.value }}" name="${{ github.event.release.name }}" size="${{ steps.filesize.outputs.FILESIZE }}" url="https://github.com/GittyMac/FunkeySelectorGUI/releases/download/${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}/FunkeySelectorGUI.exe" />' > update.xml
+
+      - name: Push the changes made to update.xml
+        run: |
+          git add update.xml
+          git add ${{ env.projectFolder }}/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+          git commit -m "chore(release): ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
+          git push origin ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}