Release GCM 2.5 (#1587)

**Changes:**

- Fixes to install from source script (#1469)
- Use Avalonia generated view code (#14790
- Various GitHub Actions updates (#1473, #1483, #1487, #1486, #1488,
#1528, #1547)
- Fix bug in Azure Repos URL handling (#1522)
- Add Azure Managed Identity and SP docs (#1548)
- Fix error messages when using GCM outside of repo (#1561, #1583)
- Remove ESRP (#1571)
- Update to .NET 8 for Mac and Linux (#1579, #1580)
- Fix Alpine install from source script (#1582)

Author: mjcheetham

.github/run_esrp_signing.py

@@ -24,14 +24,19 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+    - name: Setup .NET
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4.0.0
+      with:
+        dotnet-version: 8.0.x
+
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
 
     - run: |
        dotnet build
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3

.github/set_up_esrp.ps1

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3.2.0
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4.0.0
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 6.0.201
+        dotnet-version: 8.0.x
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: dotnet restore
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         mv out/windows/Installer.Windows/bin/Release/net472/gcm*.exe artifacts/
 
     - name: Upload artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: win-x86
         path: |
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3.2.0
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4.0.0
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 6.0.201
+        dotnet-version: 8.0.x
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: dotnet restore
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
         mv out/linux/Packaging.Linux/Release/tar/*.tar.gz artifacts/
 
     - name: Upload artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: linux-x64
         path: |
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3.2.0
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4.0.0
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 6.0.201
+        dotnet-version: 8.0.x
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: dotnet restore
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
         mv out/osx/Installer.Mac/pkg/Release/gcm*.pkg artifacts/
 
     - name: Upload artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: ${{ matrix.runtime }}
         path: |

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@ed4dec634fd2ef689c7061d5647371d8248064f1
+      - uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@b4c9feab76d8025d1e83c653fa3990936df0e6c8
         with:
           globs: |
             "**/*.md"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run link checker
         # For any troubleshooting, see:
         # https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee/blob/master/docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@ec3ed119d4f44ad2673a7232460dc7dff59d2421
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@c053181aa0c3d17606addfe97a9075a32723548a
 
         with:
           # user-agent: if a user agent is not specified, some websites (e.g.

.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     name: create-issue
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
             const startDate = new Date('${{ github.event.inputs.startDate }}');