replace release flow single job with pr process

since actions do not have permissions to push
directly to master and bot accounts to achieve
the same are hard to manage we will change the
release flow to work as follows.

1. manually invoke `prepare_release_pr.yml` action,
this creates a new branch with the version of all
project files updated and creates a pull request for
that version. this pr then should be merged using
rebase merge

2. `tag_release.yml` checks if the newest commit
name starts with the text "Release " and also verifies
if it changed the version of the package csproj. if
both those conditions are met it will create and
push a new tag, e.g. `v0.1.17` to master

3. `publish_nuget.yml` listens for new `v*` tags on
master and triggers the nuget deployment

this is all chat gpt code so who knows if it will work

.github/workflows/prepare_release_pr.yml

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+name: Create Release PR
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  bump_version:
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+            
+      - name: Calculate next version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          $newVer = .\tools\get-next-main-version.ps1
+          echo "NEW_VERSION=$newVer" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          .\tools\set-version.ps1 $newVer -UpdateAssemblyAndFileVersion
+
+          git config user.name "github-actions"
+          git config user.email "github-actions@github.com"
+
+          git checkout -b release/$newVer
+          git commit -am "Release $newVer"
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+        with:
+          branch: release/${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}
+          base: master
+          title: "Release ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}"
+          body: "Automated release PR."
+          delete-branch: true
+          merge-method: rebase

.github/workflows/publish_nuget.yml

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+name: Publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
+
+jobs:
+  build_and_publish:
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up .NET
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: |
+            2.1.x
+            6.0.x
+            8.0.x
+            9.0.x
+
+      - name: Add msbuild to PATH
+        uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: dotnet test -c Release src/UglyToad.PdfPig.sln
+
+      - name: Build package
+        run: dotnet pack -c Release -o package tools/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj -p:IncludeSymbols=true -p:SymbolPackageFormat=snupkg
+
+      - name: Publish to NuGet
+        run: dotnet nuget push package/*.nupkg --api-key ${{secrets.NUGET_API_KEY}} --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/publish_release.yml

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-name: Release Publish
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  packages: write
-
-jobs:
-  build_and_publish_release:
-    runs-on: windows-2022
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up dotnet core
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
-        with:
-          dotnet-version: |
-            2.1.x
-            6.0.x
-            8.0.x
-            9.0.x
-
-      - name: Add msbuild to PATH
-        uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: dotnet test -c Release src/UglyToad.PdfPig.sln
-
-      - name: Build package
-        run: dotnet pack -c Release -o package tools/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj -p:IncludeSymbols=true -p:SymbolPackageFormat=snupkg
-
-      - name: Publish to NuGet
-        run: dotnet nuget push **/*.nupkg --api-key ${{secrets.NUGET_API_KEY}} --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
-
-      - name: Increment version after release
-        run: |
-          $newVer = .\tools\get-next-main-version.ps1
-          .\tools\set-version.ps1 $newVer -UpdateAssemblyAndFileVersion
-          git config user.name "github-actions"
-          git config user.email "github-actions@github.com"
-          
-          git fetch origin master
-          git checkout master
-          git pull
-          
-          git commit -am "Increment version to $newVer"
-          git push

.github/workflows/tag_release.yml

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+name: Tag Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  tag_if_version_changed:
+    if: startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'Release ')
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Detect version change
+        id: versioncheck
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin master --depth=2
+
+          $diff = git diff HEAD^ HEAD -- tools/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj
+
+          if ($diff -match "<Version>") {
+            $version = (Select-String -Path tools/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj -Pattern "<Version>(.*)</Version>").Matches.Groups[1].Value
+            echo "version=$version" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "create=true" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          } else {
+            echo "create=false" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          }
+
+      - name: Create tag
+        if: steps.versioncheck.outputs.create == 'true'
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions"
+          git config user.email "github-actions@github.com"
+
+          git tag "v${{ steps.versioncheck.outputs.version }}"
+          git push origin "v${{ steps.versioncheck.outputs.version }}"