🚀Preview Release - v1.0.0-preview.4

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Nuget/Library Updates 📦

1. #65 - Updated the NuGet packages below:
   • Updated the package Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting from version v4.2.0 to v4.5.0
   • Updated the package Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers from version v6.0.0 to v7.0.0
   • Updated the package Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions from version v6.0.0 to v7.0.0
   • Updated the package Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing from version v6.0.0 to v7.0.0
   • Updated the package Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting from version v6.0.1 to v7.0.1
   • Updated the package FluentAssertions from version v6.7.0 to v6.10.0
2. #70 - Updated the NuGet packages below:
   • Updated the package Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from v17.2.0 to v17.5.0
   • Updated the package xunit from v2.4.1 to v2.4.2
   • Updated the package coverlet.collector from v3.1.2 to v3.2.0
   • Updated the package coverlet.msbuild from v3.1.2 to v3.2.0
   • Updated the package Moq from v4.18.1 to v4.18.4
   • Updated the package System.IO.Abstractions from vSystem.IO.Abstractions to v19.1.18

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Other 🪧

(Includes anything that does not fit into the categories above)

1. #90, #87, #83, #74 - Improved the project readme file.
2. #86 - Removed the issue and pr templates.

   Note This will use the organizational level templates.

3. #73 - Renamed license file from LICENSE to LICENSE.md.
4. #71 - Removed files and documents from the repository that are not used.
5. #70 - Updated the project dotnet SDK from version v6 to v7
6. #63 - Moved the internal visible setup from a csharp file to the csproj file.
7. #48 - Added release note template files to the repository.
8. #53 - Moved release note template files to the correct directory location.
9. #51 - Cleaned up some release notes.

🚀Preview Release - v1.0.0-preview.3

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New Features ✨

1. #12 - Refactored code to use the types from the library KDActionUtils. The following list of types have been removed and replaced with the same types from the library.
   • IAction
   • IArgParsingService
   • NullOrEmptyStringArgumentException
   • IActionOutputService
   • ActionOutputService
   • GitHubConsoleService
   • AppService
   • ArgParsingService
   • ConsoleService
   • IAppService
   • IConsoleService
2. #10 - Added URL in the GitHub console output.
   • This URL is a link to the project's create issue page.

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Nuget/Library Updates 📦

1. #12 - Added nuget package KinsonDigital.KDActionUtils version v1.0.0-preview.1.

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Other 🪧

(Includes anything that does not fit into the categories above)

1. #5 - Create logo for project.
   • Created light and dark mode versions of the project logo.
   • Added logo to the top of the project README file.
2. #18 - Updated and added issue and PR templates to the project.
3. #16 - Added code of conduct file to the project.
4. #23 - Fixed release-todo-issue-template.yml by removing character artifacts that were preventing the template from working properly.
5. #9 - Updated the name of the GitHub action from BranchValidator to Branch Validator.
   • This will make it a little more intuitive when searching for actions in the marketplace.
6. #28 - Updated the release-todo-issue-template.yml file.
   • Added a new item to the Perform Release ToDo List section to check that the PR is approved and merged.
   • Bolded a section of the last item in the Perform Release ToDo List section.
7. #27 - Added branching documentation with branching documents.
8. #30 - Updated project readme.
   • Added a note explaining why the action must be run in Ubuntu with some links to some GitHub documentation resources.
9. #35 - Updated the preview-feature-pr-template.md pull request template file.
   • Rearranged the order of 2 tasks items.
10. #38 - Improved project README.
11. #41 - Made various improvements to the pull request templates by adding 2 new tasks as well as rearranging the order of of the tasks. List of pull request templates updated below:
    • feature-pr-template.md
    • preview-feature-pr-template.md
    • preview-release-pr-template.md
    • production-release-pr-template.md

🚀Preview Releasee v1.0.0-preview.1

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New Features ✨

1. #4 - Initial creation of GitHub action.