branch

• main
• pr/add-dependabot
• pr/add-gitignore
• pr/add-release-workflow
• pr/fix-pre-commit-hook
• pr/misc-upd
• pr/py311-rtd
• pr/reduce-makefile-make.bat-further
• pr/refactor-pytest-config
• pr/release-md
• pr/remove-redundant-make-config
• pr/update-badges
• pr/update-docs
• pr/update-release-md

tag