Update release workflow (#219)

* add bare-bones contributing guide

* remove GITLAB_PAT token instructions as unneeded

* add git cliff workflow and config

add git cliff information to contributing.md

squash

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Co-authored-by: funkecoder23 <funkecoder@DESKTOP-AMVOBPG>

.github/workflows/git_cliff.yml

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+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  changelog:
+    name: Generate changelog
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Generate a changelog
+        uses: orhun/git-cliff-action@v3
+        with:
+          config: cliff.toml
+          args: --verbose
+        env:
+          OUTPUT: CHANGELOG.md
+          GITHUB_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+      - name: Commit
+        run: |
+          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+          git config user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+          set +e
+          git add CHANGELOG.md
+          git commit -m "Update changelog"
+          git push https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git  ${{ github.ref }}