Add a test clang-tidy workflow

.github/workflows/clang_tidy.yml

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+name: clang-tidy
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    # paths: ['**.c', '**.cpp', '**.h', '**.hpp', '**.cxx', '**.hxx', '**.cc', '**.hh', '**CMakeLists.txt', '**.cmake']
+
+jobs:
+  clang-tidy:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    # Set required permissions if using thread comments or PR reviews
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Set up vcpkg
+        uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v11
+
+      - name: Configure CMake
+        # -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON tells CMake to create compile_commands.json
+        run: cmake -B build -S . --preset x64-windows-release -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON
+
+      - name: Run clang-tidy
+        uses: cpp-linter/cpp-linter-action@v2
+        id: linter
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          style: ''  # Disable clang-format for this clang-tidy-only workflow
+          # Point the action to the database generated by CMake in the 'build' folder
+          database: 'build' 
+          thread-comments: true
+
+      - name: Fail workflow if checks failed
+        if: steps.linter.outputs.checks-failed != 0
+        run: |
+          echo "Linter detected clang-tidy errors."
+          exit 1