chore: update copyright year to 2026, bump version to 7.5, automate release and copyright updates

.github/workflows/defender-for-devops.yml

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v6
       with:
         dotnet-version: |
           5.0.x

.github/workflows/devskim.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Run DevSkim scanner
         uses: microsoft/DevSkim-Action@v1

.github/workflows/dotnet.yml

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
     name: Run Tests
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v6
       with:
         dotnet-version: 10.0.x
 
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Post coverage comment on PR
       if: always() && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-      uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@v2
+      uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@v3
       with:
         header: coverage
         path: coverage-report/SummaryGithub.md
 
     - name: Upload coverage report
       if: always()
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
       with:
         name: coverage-report
         path: coverage-report/

.github/workflows/eslint.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read # only required for a private repository by github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to get the Action run status
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Install ESLint
         run: |

.github/workflows/maintain-copilot-instructions.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Detect projects not documented in copilot-instructions.md
         id: check

.github/workflows/powershell.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     name: PSScriptAnalyzer
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Run PSScriptAnalyzer
         uses: microsoft/psscriptanalyzer-action@6b2948b1944407914a58661c49941824d149734f

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 name: .NET Continuous Deployment
 
 on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -14,10 +16,12 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v6
       with:
         dotnet-version: 10.0.x
 
@@ -31,10 +35,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v6
       with:
         dotnet-version: 10.0.x
 
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       run: dotnet build -c Release SharedCode.sln && dotnet pack -c Release -p:PackageVersion=${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_version }} -o . SharedCode.sln
 
     - name: Upload Package for Publishing
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.6.1
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
       with:
         name: PackedLib
         path: ./*.nupkg
@@ -68,12 +72,12 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
     steps:
     - name: Download built project
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.8
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
       with:
         name: PackedLib
 
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v6
       with:
         dotnet-version: 10.0.x
 
@@ -88,12 +92,12 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
     steps:
     - name: Download built project
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.8
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
       with:
         name: PackedLib
 
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v6
       with:
         dotnet-version: 10.0.x
 

.github/workflows/snyk-security.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read # only required for a private repository by github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to get the Action run status
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Set up Snyk CLI to check for security issues
         # Snyk can be used to break the build when it detects security issues.
         # In this case we want to upload the SAST issues to GitHub Code Scanning

.github/workflows/update-copyright.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: Update Copyright Year
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 1 1 *'  # January 1st at midnight UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  update-copyright:
+    name: Update Copyright Year
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Update copyright year
+        id: update
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $year = (Get-Date).Year
+          $files = @("Directory.Build.props", "README.md")
+          $changed = $false
+          foreach ($file in $files) {
+            $content = Get-Content $file -Raw
+            $updated = $content -replace 'Copyright © \d{4}', "Copyright © $year"
+            if ($updated -ne $content) {
+              [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($file, $updated)
+              $changed = $true
+              Write-Output "Updated $file"
+            }
+          }
+          echo "changed=$($changed.ToString().ToLowerInvariant())" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "year=$year" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Create pull request
+        if: steps.update.outputs.changed == 'true'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        with:
+          commit-message: "chore: update copyright year"
+          branch: chore/update-copyright-year-${{ steps.update.outputs.year }}
+          title: "chore: update copyright year to ${{ steps.update.outputs.year }}"
+          body: |
+            Automated annual copyright year update.
+
+            This pull request was created by the `update-copyright` workflow.
+          labels: automated

Directory.Build.props

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
         <CodeAnalysisTreatWarningsAsErrors>true</CodeAnalysisTreatWarningsAsErrors>
         <Company>improvGroup, LLC</Company>
-        <Copyright>Copyright © 2025 improvGroup, LLC and contributors. All Rights Reserved.</Copyright>
+        <Copyright>Copyright © 2026 improvGroup, LLC and contributors. All Rights Reserved.</Copyright>
         <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
         <Description>A library of code shared for free use to help with common scenarios.</Description>
         <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
         <Build Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true' OR '$(BuildingProject)' == 'true'">$([System.DateTime]::op_Subtraction($([System.DateTime]::get_Now().get_Date()),$([System.DateTime]::new(2000,1,1))).get_TotalDays())</Build>
         <Revision Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true' OR '$(BuildingProject)' == 'true'">$([MSBuild]::Divide($([System.DateTime]::get_Now().get_TimeOfDay().get_TotalSeconds()), 2).ToString('F0'))</Revision>
-        <Version Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true' OR '$(BuildingProject)' == 'true'">7.4.$(Build).$(Revision)</Version>
+        <Version Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true' OR '$(BuildingProject)' == 'true'">7.5.$(Build).$(Revision)</Version>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bcl.HashCode" />

README.md

@@ -358,4 +358,4 @@ contributing.
 ## License
 
 This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).  
-Copyright © 2025 [improvGroup, LLC](https://github.com/improvgroup) and contributors.
+Copyright © 2026 [improvGroup, LLC](https://github.com/improvgroup) and contributors.