The most important changes in the main.yml file are related to the …

…configuration of a GitHub Actions workflow for a .NET Core Desktop application named MagicChatbox. The workflow is triggered on a push to the 'Pre-Master' branch and is set to run on the latest version of Windows. The workflow includes several steps such as checking out the repository, setting up .NET Core, restoring dependencies, building the solution, extracting the version from the csproj file, creating a zip file of the build output, creating a release on GitHub, and uploading the zip file as a release asset. The workflow uses the `GITHUB_TOKEN` secret for authentication.

List of changes:

1. Configuration of a GitHub Actions workflow for the MagicChatbox application. The workflow is triggered on a push to the 'Pre-Master' branch (main.yml).
2. The workflow is set to run on the latest version of Windows (main.yml).
3. The workflow includes a step for checking out the repository using the `actions/checkout@v3` action (main.yml).
4. The workflow includes a step for setting up .NET Core using the `actions/setup-dotnet@v3` action with a specified .NET version of 6.0.x (main.yml).
5. The workflow includes steps for restoring dependencies and building the solution using the `dotnet restore` and `dotnet build` commands respectively (main.yml).
6. The workflow includes a step for extracting the version from the csproj file and storing it as an output variable (main.yml).
7. The workflow includes a step for creating a zip file of the build output (main.yml).
8. The workflow includes a step for creating a release on GitHub using the `actions/create-release@v1` action, with the version number extracted earlier. The release is marked as a pre-release and includes instructions for manual download and installation of the application (main.yml).
9. The workflow includes a step for uploading the zip file created earlier as a release asset using the `actions/upload-release-asset@v1` action (main.yml).
10. The workflow uses the `GITHUB_TOKEN` secret for authentication during the creation and uploading of the release (main.yml).

.github/workflows/main.yml

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+name: .NET Core Desktop Build and Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'Pre-Master'
+
+env:
+  Solution_Name: vrcosc-magicchatbox.sln
+  Project_Path: vrcosc-magicchatbox\vrcosc_magicchatbox.csproj
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-release:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout Repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Setup .NET Core
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
+      with:
+        dotnet-version: 6.0.x
+
+    - name: Restore Dependencies
+      run: dotnet restore ${{ env.Solution_Name }}
+
+    - name: Build Solution
+      run: dotnet build ${{ env.Solution_Name }} --configuration Release --no-restore
+
+    - name: Extract Version from csproj
+      id: get_version
+      run: |
+        $xml = [xml](Get-Content ${{ env.Project_Path }})
+        $version = $xml.Project.PropertyGroup.Version
+        echo "::set-output name=VERSION::$version"
+      shell: pwsh
+
+    - name: Create Zip File
+      run: |
+        Compress-Archive -Path vrcosc-magicchatbox/bin/Release/net6.0-windows10.0.22000.0/win-x64/* -DestinationPath "MagicChatbox-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.zip"
+
+    - name: Create Release
+      id: create_release
+      uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        tag_name: v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+        release_name: MagicChatbox Pre-v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+        draft: false
+        prerelease: true
+        body: |
+          # MagicChatbox Pre-v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }} ![GitHub release (latest by date)](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/BoiHanny/vrcosc-magicchatbox/v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}/total?color=%23AB3BFF&label=Version%20downloads&logo=%20&style=plastic)
+          <!-- BEGIN LATEST DOWNLOAD BUTTON -->
+          # Download the latest version and update in the app.
+          ### Manual Download and Installation
+          1. Download the .zip
+          2. Make sure you have [.NET 6](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download) installed.
+          3. Right-click and choose the option 'extract all'.
+          4. By default it will create a new folder in your download folder (you can also extract the content to other locations).
+          5. When extracted, the folder will open.
+          6. Run the file 'MagicChatbox.exe'.
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ./MagicChatbox-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.zip
+        asset_name: MagicChatbox-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.zip
+        asset_content_type: application/zip