ci(release): automate signed release tags and release notes (#39544)

Automate release tagging as proposed in
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39544#issuecomment-5955939142,
part of https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/39550.

A maintainer selects a release branch and version in the
`release-create-tag` workflow. After approval through the
`release-signing` environment, it pushes a GPG-signed tag. The tag
starts the existing release build, which generates GitHub release notes
with git-cliff from commits since the previous release, skipping `chore`
and `ci` commits.

`CHANGELOG.md` and release-candidate releases are removed. The workflow
reuses the existing `GPGSIGN_KEY`, `GPGSIGN_PASSPHRASE`, and
`RELEASE_TOKEN` repository secrets.


Closes https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/39550

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Co-authored-by: bircni <bircni@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
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@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ echo "Checking currently installed version..."
current=$(giteacmd --version | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
[[ "$current" == "$giteaversion" ]] && echo "$current is already installed, stopping." && exit 0
if [[ -z "${no_confirm:-}" ]]; then
echo "Make sure to read the changelog first: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md"
echo "Make sure to read the changelog first: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases"
echo "Are you ready to update Gitea from ${current} to ${giteaversion}? (y/N)"
read -r confirm
[[ "$confirm" == "y" ]] || [[ "$confirm" == "Y" ]] || exit 1