Initial commit: Brass & Sigil monorepo

Self-hosted Minecraft modpack distribution + administration system.

- launcher/  Avalonia 12 desktop client; single-file win-x64 publish.
             Microsoft auth via XboxAuthNet, manifest+SHA-1 mod sync,
             portable install path, sidecar settings.
- server/    brass-sigil-server daemon (.NET 8, linux-x64). Wraps the
             MC subprocess, embedded Kestrel admin panel with cookie
             auth + rate limiting, RCON bridge, scheduled backups,
             BlueMap CLI integration with player markers + skin proxy,
             friend-side whitelist request flow, world wipe with seed
             selection (keep current / random / custom).
- pack/      pack.lock.json (Modrinth + manual CurseForge entries),
             data-only tweak source under tweaks/, build outputs in
             overrides/ (gitignored).
- scripts/   Build-Pack / Build-Tweaks / Update-Pack / Check-Updates
             plus Deploy-Brass.ps1 unified one-shot deploy with
             version-bump pre-flight and daemon-state detection.

launcher/app.manifest

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
+  <!-- This manifest is used on Windows only.
+       Don't remove it as it might cause problems with window transparency and embedded controls.
+       For more details visit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sbscs/application-manifests -->
+  <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" name="ModpackLauncher.Desktop"/>
+
+  <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+    <application>
+      <!-- A list of the Windows versions that this application has been tested on
+           and is designed to work with. Uncomment the appropriate elements
+           and Windows will automatically select the most compatible environment. -->
+
+      <!-- Windows 10 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}" />
+    </application>
+  </compatibility>
+</assembly>