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Publishing a CLI tool as a single-file app

So I've made a CLI tool (see #showcase) which I would sort of like to be able to distribute without requiring the .NET SDK for people to manually build and install it themselves. I know you can publish projects as single-file distributable applications, although is this possible to do with a CLI tool, or would you have to package it with some kind of installer?
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