Merge branch 'f-filesystem-directory' into f-filesystem-link

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.gitlab-ci.yml

.gitlab/issue_templates/Default.md

.gitlab/merge_request_templates/Default.md

CHANGELOG.md

Makefile

README.md

README_SETUP.md

RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md

config.defaults

doc/conf.py

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patches/patch20221122-6.0-SNAPSHOT/patch.sh

patches/patch20231018-6.1.0/patch.sh

patches/patch20231025-7.0.0/patch.sh

patches/patch20231101-7.0.1/patch.sh

patches/patch20231211-7.0.2/patch.sh

patches/patch20240127-8.0-SNAPSHOT/patch.sh

patches/patch20240127-8.0-SNAPSHOT/patch.sql

procedures/deleteEntity.sql