This change updates the CI/CD configuration to support automated releases and package publishing to the GitLab NPM registry.

- Update .gitlab-ci.yml to install libssl-dev and configure Git/NPM authentication using GITLAB_TOKEN
- Add environment variables and Git configuration to handle authentication in the CI environment
- Implement a check to prevent recursive release pipelines triggered by semantic-release
- Configure .npmrc and package.json publishConfig to point to the GitLab package registry
- Update repository URL to HTTPS for consistent access in CI environments

## [0.16.1](v0.16.0...v0.16.1) (2026-04-17)

### Bug Fixes

* bump version ([48b6f389](48b6f389))