Added actions deploy script.

Also removed manifest and requirement files since these will from now on live on the deploy branch

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

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+# Deploy branch is followed by Posit Connect
+name: Update Requirements and Manifest on Deploy Branch
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main  # Trigger when pushing to main
+
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    env:
+      UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON: true
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:    
+      - name: Checkout main
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v3
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: Generate requirements.txt with `uv`
+        run: uv export --no-hashes -o requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Generate rsconnect-python manifest.json
+        run: uvx --from rsconnect-python rsconnect write-manifest shiny . --entrypoint shinylims.app:app
+
+      - name: Commit changes and push to deploy branch
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add requirements.txt manifest.json
+          git commit -m "Update requirements on new commit from main" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push origin --force HEAD:deploy  # Push to deploy branch, using force because of diverging branches