Update README and workflows for release process: Clarified branch usage and workflow steps in README.md, emphasizing the new ci branch for integration. Adjusted Gitea and GitHub workflows to reflect the change from dev to ci for triggering release builds, ensuring a streamlined and consistent obfuscation process for production assets.

.github/workflows/obfuscate-main.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Hinweis: Gitea nutzt .gitea/workflows/obfuscate-main.yml (identischer Ablauf).
-name: Release Build (dev → main)
+name: Release Build (ci → main)
 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - dev
+      - ci
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
@@ -17,29 +17,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout (volle History)
+      - name: Checkout ci (Integration)
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           repository-url: https://git.hexahost.dev/smueller/HexaHost-Frontend
-          ref: dev
-
-      - name: Merge dev in CI-Workspace (Basis main)
-        env:
-          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "gitea-actions"
-          git config user.email "actions@local"
-          git remote set-url origin "https://oauth2:${GITEA_TOKEN}@${GITEA_HOST}/${REPO_PATH}.git"
-          git fetch origin main dev
-
-          if git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/remotes/origin/main; then
-            git checkout -B main origin/main
-            git merge origin/dev -X theirs --no-edit -m "ci: merge dev for release build"
-          else
-            echo "main branch missing, initializing from dev"
-            git checkout -B main origin/dev
-          fi
+          ref: ci
 
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -61,10 +44,20 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "gitea-actions"
           git config user.email "actions@local"
           git remote set-url origin "https://oauth2:${GITEA_TOKEN}@${GITEA_HOST}/${REPO_PATH}.git"
+          git fetch origin main ci
+
           git add -A
           if git diff --cached --quiet; then
             echo "No release changes to publish."
             exit 0
           fi
-          git commit -m "chore(release): obfuscate and hash production assets [skip ci]"
-          git push origin main
+
+          TREE=$(git write-tree)
+          MSG="chore(release): obfuscate and hash production assets [skip ci]"
+          if git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/remotes/origin/main; then
+            PARENT=$(git rev-parse origin/main)
+            COMMIT=$(git commit-tree "$TREE" -p "$PARENT" -m "$MSG")
+          else
+            COMMIT=$(git commit-tree "$TREE" -m "$MSG")
+          fi
+          git push origin "${COMMIT}:refs/heads/main"