Add pandoc for PDF creation and GitHub Actions for auto-generation

.github/workflows/main.yml

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+---
+name: Generate PDF using Pandoc
+
+# Controls when the workflow will run
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the master branch
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "create_pdf"
+  create_pdf:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Pandoc Docker image v3.2.1.0
+    container:
+      image: pandoc/latex:3.2.1.0
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Run the PDF creation script in the container
+      - uses: docker://pandoc/latex:3.2.1.0
+        with:
+          entrypoint: './pandoc-docker.sh'
+
+      # Create an output with the shortened version of the commit SHA
+      - id: short_sha
+        env:
+          GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+        run: echo "::set-output name=short_sha::$(echo ${GITHUB_SHA::7})"
+
+      # Create a release with the PDFs as assets and the shortened SHA as the tag name
+      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.short_sha.outputs.short_sha }}
+          draft: false
+          files: |
+            *.pdf