feat: streamline GitHub Actions workflows and improve contributor experience
- Replace complex auto-version.yml with simple PR Docker build workflow
- Builds Docker images for all PRs using pr-number-sha tagging
- Removes redundant versioning logic (semantic-release handles this)
- Adds automatic PR comments with Docker usage instructions
- Optimize test.yml workflow triggers
- Remove redundant push triggers on main branch
- Focus on PR testing only for better developer feedback
- Add docker-release.yml for production releases
- Triggers on GitHub release publication
- Multi-platform builds (linux/amd64, linux/arm64)
- Updates release notes with Docker installation instructions
- Add semantic-release.yml workflow for automated versioning
- Uses conventional commits for version bumping
- Automatically generates releases and tags
- Integrates with Docker workflow via release triggers
- Add pre-commit configuration for automatic code quality
- Includes ruff (with auto-fix), black, isort
- Provides faster development workflow option
- Enhance contribution documentation
- Add pre-commit hook option as recommended approach
- Keep manual script option for comprehensive testing
- Improve developer workflow guidance
Fixes #215 (automatic changelog generation)
Addresses #110 (Docker builds automation)
References #107 (improved version tracking)
This creates a clean, modern CI/CD pipeline that eliminates redundancy
while addressing multiple community requests around changelog generation,
Docker builds, and release automation.
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