chore: automate CHANGELOG.md generation for releases#10390
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Description
This PR automates the changelog step of the release process. Previously the release manager drafted a release in the GitHub UI, clicked "Generate release notes", copied the result into CHANGELOG.md, and reformatted it by hand.
New script
admin/generate-changelog.php(requires the authenticated GitHub CLI):gh api repos/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/releases/generate-notes, with no draft release involved..github/release.yml.### Securitysection, converting the RST bullets. A dry run for 4.7.4 reproduces its hand-written Security entry byte for byte.--dry-run, validates the version argument, and refuses to add a duplicate entry.Also included:
dependabot[bot], since dependabot PRs currently appear in the generated notes despite the existingdependabotexclusion (the author login reports asdependabot[bot]).ghis not authenticated, which is the expected outcome in CI. They run fully on a maintainer's machine.Checklist: