Add Copilot setup steps to install PG

Author: roji

copilot-setup-steps.yml

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+
+name: "Copilot Setup Steps"
+
+# See https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/coding-agent/customize-the-agent-environment
+
+# Automatically run the setup steps when they are changed to allow for easy validation, and
+# allow manual testing through the repository's "Actions" tab
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  # The job MUST be called `copilot-setup-steps` or it will not be picked up by Copilot.
+  copilot-setup-steps:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+
+    # Install PostgreSQL via a docker container.
+    # It's better to do this rather than e.g. use a testcontainer, because then the agent can reuse the same container
+    # and instance of PostgreSQL rather than have to start it up each time it needs to iterate and run a test.
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgis/postgis:latest
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Export connection string for the agent's session
+        run: echo "Test__Npgsql__DefaultConnection=Server=localhost;Port=5432;Database=postgres;SSL Mode=disable" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"