ci: add Cygwin build workflow

Author: ritesh006

.github/workflows/cygwin-build.yml

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+name: Cygwin build
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  cygwin-build:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Mark repo as safe for git
+        shell: bash
+        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+
+      - name: Set up Cygwin with build deps
+        uses: egor-tensin/setup-cygwin@v4
+        with:
+          packages: >-
+            autoconf
+            automake
+            libtool
+            make
+            pkg-config
+            autoconf-archive
+            gcc-core
+            gettext-devel
+            libstrophe-devel
+            libncursesw-devel
+            libglib2.0-devel
+            libcurl-devel
+            libreadline-devel
+            libsqlite3-devel
+
+      - name: Show versions
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          uname -a
+          bash --version
+          gcc --version
+          pkg-config --version
+
+      - name: Autotools bootstrap
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if [ -x ./bootstrap.sh ]; then
+            ./bootstrap.sh
+          else
+            autoreconf -fi
+          fi
+
+      - name: Configure
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          CYGWIN: winsymlinks:nativestrict
+        run: ./configure
+
+      - name: Build
+        shell: bash
+        run: make -j2
+
+      - name: Run basic target checks
+        shell: bash
+        run: make -n install