add cicd pipeline

.github/actions/build-and-test/action.yml

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+name: build and test
+description: the action file for building and testing dotnet project
+
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - name: set up dotnet core sdk
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+      with:
+        dotnet-version: '8.0.x'
+
+
+    - name: restoring dependencies
+      run: dotnet restore --no-cache
+      shell: bash
+
+    - name: build project
+      run: dotnet build --no-restore --configuration Release
+      shell: bash
+
+    - name: run unit tests
+      run: dotnet test -c Release --no-restore --verbosity normal
+      shell: bash

.github/actions/deploy/action.yml

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+name: pack and publish nuget
+description: action for pack and publish nuget to nuget repository
+
+inputs:
+  nuget_api_key:
+    required: true
+    description: "nuget.org api key for publishing the nuget package"
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+
+  steps:
+    - name: Generate Version
+      id: get_next_version
+      uses: thenativeweb/get-next-version@main
+
+    - name: create tag
+      if: ${{ steps.get_next_version.outputs.hasNextVersion == 'true' }}
+      run: |
+        git tag v${{ steps.get_next_version.outputs.version }}
+        git push origin v${{ steps.get_next_version.outputs.version }}
+      shell: bash
+
+    - name: pack the nuget package
+      if: ${{ steps.get_next_version.outputs.hasNextVersion == 'true' }}
+      run: dotnet pack --configuration Release --no-build --output ./nupkg /p:PackageVersion=${{ steps.get_next_version.outputs.version }}
+      shell: bash
+
+    - name: publish nuget package
+      if: ${{ steps.get_next_version.outputs.hasNextVersion == 'true' }}
+      run: dotnet nuget push ./nupkg/*.nupkg --api-key ${{ inputs.nuget_api_key }} --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json --skip-duplicate
+      shell: bash
+

.github/workflows/feature_branch_ci.yml

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+name: build and test feature branches and pull requests on master
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - master
+
+  pull_request: 
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+
+  build-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: build and test
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-and-test/

.github/workflows/master_ci.yml

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+name: build, test, pack and publish nuget package on nuget repository
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build-test-deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: build and test
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-and-test/
+
+      - name: deploy
+        uses: ./.github/actions/deploy/
+        with:
+          nuget_api_key: ${{ secrets.NUGET_API_KEY }}