Github workflow for building on Windows

.github/workflows/build-windows-vcpkg.yaml

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+# Copyright (c) 2019-2020-2021-2022 Luca Cappa
+# Released under the term specified in file LICENSE.txt
+# SPDX short identifier: MIT
+#
+# Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lukka/CppBuildTasks-Validation/v10/.github/workflows/hosted-ninja-vcpkg_submod-autocache.yml
+name: Build on Windows with VCPKG
+on: [push, workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  job:
+    name: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ github.workflow }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        os: [windows-latest]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+          # This is useful to avoid https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/25349
+          # which is caused by missing Git history on the vcpkg submodule which ports 
+          # try to access.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
+      - name: List $RUNNER_WORKSPACE before vcpkg is setup
+        run: find $RUNNER_WORKSPACE
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Restore vcpkg executable and data files from GH Action cache, or setup vcpkg from scratch if there is a cache-miss
+        uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v11
+        id: runvcpkg
+        with:
+          # This one is not needed, as it is the default value anyway.
+          # vcpkgDirectory: '${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg'
+          vcpkgJsonGlob: 'vcpkg.json'
+          # Leverage the cache containing vcpkg executable and data files (e.g. port files).
+          doNotCache: false
+
+      - name: List $RUNNER_WORKSPACE before build
+        run: find $RUNNER_WORKSPACE
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Prints output of run-vcpkg's action.
+        run: echo "root='${{ steps.runvcpkg.outputs.RUNVCPKG_VCPKG_ROOT_OUT }}', triplet='${{ steps.runvcpkg.outputs.RUNVCPKG_VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET_OUT }}' "
+      - name: Run CMake+vcpkg+Ninja
+        uses: lukka/run-cmake@v10
+        id: runcmake
+        with:
+          cmakeListsTxtPath: '${{ github.workspace }}/CMakeLists.txt'
+          configurePreset: 'windows-release'
+          buildPreset: 'windows-release'
+          #packagePreset: 'windows-release'
+      - name: List $RUNNER_WORKSPACE after build
+        run: find $RUNNER_WORKSPACE
+        shell: bash

.gitmodules

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+[submodule "vcpkg"]
+	path = vcpkg
+	url = https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git

CMakePresets.json

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+{
+    "version": 3,
+    "cmakeMinimumRequired": {
+        "major": 3,
+        "minor": 21,
+        "patch": 0
+    },
+    "configurePresets": [
+        {
+            "name": "debug",
+            "displayName": "Debug build settings",
+            "binaryDir": "${sourceDir}/build/debug",
+            "cacheVariables": {
+                "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Debug"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "release",
+            "displayName": "Release build settings",
+            "binaryDir": "${sourceDir}/build/release",
+            "cacheVariables": {
+                "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Release"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows",
+            "displayName": "Windows build vcpkg & ninja settings",
+            "generator": "Ninja",
+            "cacheVariables": {
+                "CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE": "./vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake",
+                "VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET": "x64-windows"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-release",
+            "displayName": "Windows release build",
+            "inherits": [
+                "release",
+                "windows"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-debug",
+            "displayName": "Windows debug build",
+            "inherits": [
+                "debug",
+                "windows"
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    "buildPresets": [
+        {
+            "name": "windows-release",
+            "displayName": "Windows release build",
+            "configurePreset": "windows-release"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-debug",
+            "displayName": "Windows debug build",
+            "configurePreset": "windows-debug"
+        }
+    ]
+}