- CI action via github actions

.github/dependabot.yml

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+# 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"

.github/workflows/CI_build.yml

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+name: CI_build
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+    - name: Install swissfileknife
+      run: |
+           choco install swissfileknife
+
+    - name: Add msbuild to PATH
+      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2
+
+    - name: Build plugin dlls
+      working-directory: .\NppExec
+      run: |
+            msbuild NppExec_VC2022.sln /m /p:configuration="Release" /p:platform="Win32"
+            msbuild NppExec_VC2022.sln /m /p:configuration="Release" /p:platform="x64"
+
+    - name: Build plugin chm help
+      working-directory: .
+      shell: cmd
+      run: |
+           NppExec_Manual_chm_build.bat
+
+
+    - name: create zip packages
+      working-directory: .
+      shell: cmd
+      run: |
+           NppExec_zip_src_dll.bat
+
+    - name: Archive artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+      with:
+          name: nppexec zips
+          path: NppExec*.zip
+