From ffd0a45788498b0b9206d212e4bf86e1d0b3be8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Grasser <christian.grasser@live.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:42:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] initial CI build

---
 .github/dependabot.yml         | 13 ++++++++++
 .github/workflows/CI_build.yml | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 build.cmd                      |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/dependabot.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/CI_build.yml

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d01d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://help.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+
+ # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI_build.yml b/.github/workflows/CI_build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ea73a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI_build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: CI_build
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        build_configuration: [Release]
+        build_platform: [x64]
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+    - name: Add msbuild to PATH
+      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v3
+
+    - name: MSBuild of plugin dll
+      working-directory: .\
+      run: .\build.cmd
+
+    - uses: olegtarasov/get-tag@v2.1.4
+      id: tagName
+      
+    - name: zip artifacts for x64
+      if: matrix.build_platform == 'x64' && matrix.build_configuration == 'Release'
+      run: 7z a FileTools_${{ steps.tagName.outputs.tag }}_${{ matrix.build_platform }}.zip .\build\FileTools.dll
+
+    - name: Archive artifacts for ${{ matrix.build_platform }}
+      if: matrix.build_configuration == 'Release'
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+      with:
+          name: FileTools_${{ steps.tagName.outputs.tag }}_${{ matrix.build_platform }}.zip
+          path: FileTools_${{ steps.tagName.outputs.tag }}_${{ matrix.build_platform }}.zip
+
+    - name: Create release on tagging
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
+      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+      with:
+          files: FileTools_${{ steps.tagName.outputs.tag }}_${{ matrix.build_platform }}.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.cmd b/build.cmd
index dd7f2ea..4e56e5f 100644
--- a/build.cmd
+++ b/build.cmd
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ copy /y "src\help.txt" "%DST%\help.txt"
 if errorlevel 1 ( echo Help file copy failed & exit /b 1 )
 
 :: -- Restart Notepad++ --
-start "" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"
+if exist "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" ( start "" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" )
 
 echo Build and deploy complete.
 exit /b 0