chore(workflows): add CI workflows and configuration files

- Add default merge message template for PRs
- Introduce workflow for major version tag creation on release
- Add workflow for auto changelog and release generation
- Add git-cliff configuration for changelog formatting
- Configure `.vscode` workspace settings and `.gitignore` updates

.gitea/default_merge_message/MERGE_TEMPLATE.md

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+chore(pr): ${PullRequestTitle} ${PullRequestReference}
+
+${PullRequestDescription}
+
+Merged from ${HeadBranch} into ${BaseBranch}

.gitea/workflows/create-major-tag.yml

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+name: Create Major Version Tag
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  update-major-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # required to delete/create tags
+
+    steps:
+      # ▸ 1. Check out the repository at the release tag
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # fetch all tags
+          ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+
+      # ▸ 2. Extract the major version from the release tag
+      - name: Derive major version
+        id: derive
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          TAG="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"       # e.g., v2.3.4
+          echo "Release tag: $TAG"
+
+          TAG_NOPREFIX="${TAG#v}"                          # remove leading v/V
+          MAJOR="${TAG_NOPREFIX%%.*}"                      # take part before the first dot
+          MAJOR_TAG="v${MAJOR}"                            # e.g., v2
+
+          echo "Major tag: $MAJOR_TAG"
+          echo "major_tag=$MAJOR_TAG" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      # ▸ 3. Delete the old major tag (if it exists) and create a new one
+      - name: Re-create major tag
+        env:
+          MAJOR_TAG: ${{ steps.derive.outputs.major_tag }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          git config user.name "$CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
+          git config user.email "$CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
+
+          # Determine the specific commit of the release tag
+          COMMIT_SHA="$(git rev-list -n 1 "$RELEASE_TAG")"
+
+          echo "Commit of the release tag: $COMMIT_SHA"
+
+          # (a) Locally and remotely remove the old major tag (if it exists)
+          git tag -d "$MAJOR_TAG" 2>/dev/null || true
+          git push --delete origin "$MAJOR_TAG" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+          # (b) Create and push a new annotated tag
+          git tag -a "$MAJOR_TAG" "$COMMIT_SHA" \
+            -m "Update $MAJOR_TAG → $RELEASE_TAG"
+          git push origin "$MAJOR_TAG"
+
+          echo "✅ $MAJOR_TAG now points to $RELEASE_TAG ($COMMIT_SHA)"

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Auto Changelog & Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - "**"
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Release
+        uses: https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action@v0
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}