excluded the release dir

analog_system_monitor_dotnet/.gitignore

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ obj/
 out/
 publish/
 
+# Release builds
+release/
+
 # Visual Studio / VS Code
 .vs/
 .vscode/

analog_system_monitor_dotnet/release.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# ============================================
+#  Analog System Monitor – Release Script
+#  Creates a clean, single-file Windows build
+# ============================================
+
+param(
+    [string]$Version = "1.0.0"
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+Write-Host "=== Analog System Monitor Release Script ==="
+Write-Host "Version: $Version"
+Write-Host ""
+
+# Paths
+$project = "analog_system_monitor.csproj"
+$releaseDir = "release\$Version"
+
+# Clean old release
+if (Test-Path $releaseDir) {
+    Write-Host "Cleaning old release directory..."
+    Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $releaseDir
+}
+
+# Ensure release directory exists
+New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $releaseDir | Out-Null
+
+Write-Host "Restoring packages..."
+dotnet restore $project
+
+Write-Host "Cleaning project..."
+dotnet clean $project -c Release
+
+Write-Host "Publishing single-file executable..."
+dotnet publish $project `
+    -c Release `
+    -r win-x64 `
+    --self-contained true `
+    /p:PublishSingleFile=true `
+    /p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true `
+    /p:DebugType=None `
+    /p:DebugSymbols=false `
+    /p:Version=$Version `
+    -o "$releaseDir"
+
+Write-Host ""
+Write-Host "============================================"
+Write-Host " Release build completed successfully"
+Write-Host " Output folder: $releaseDir"
+Write-Host "============================================"