Release/v0.8.0

[alessandrobologna]

This pull request introduces significant enhancements to the samstacks project, focusing on multi-environment support, external configuration generation, and improved documentation. Key changes include updates to the CI workflow, new features for deployment and deletion commands, expanded documentation, and styling improvements for the documentation website.

Multi-Environment and External Configuration Features:

• CI Workflow Update: Modified .github/workflows/ci.yml to run tests on all pull requests, ensuring broader coverage.
• External Configuration Support: Added the ability to generate standalone SAM configuration files for multi-environment workflows, including template path resolution and validation. [1] [2]
• Multi-Environment Deployment and Deletion: Enhanced CLI commands (deploy and delete) to support environment-specific operations using --input parameters. [1] [2] [3]

Documentation Enhancements:

• Comprehensive External Config Documentation: Added detailed guides and examples for external configuration usage, including benefits and GitOps workflows. [1] [2]
• CLI Reference Updates: Improved organization and added new sections for multi-environment support in docs/content/docs/cli/. [1] [2] [3]
• Documentation Restructure: Adjusted navigation weights and cross-references for better discoverability. [1] [2] [3]

Styling Improvements:

• CSS Updates: Enhanced table styling for better readability and presentation in the documentation website.
• Hero Section Enhancements: Improved font weight and layout for key sections.

These changes collectively improve the usability, functionality, and accessibility of the samstacks project, making it better suited for modern multi-environment workflows and GitOps practices.

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR adds multi-environment support and external SAM configuration generation, updates CLI commands, and overhauls documentation and examples to showcase the new features.

• Introduce a config field in StackModel with validation and support for external SAM config files.
• Extend deployment and deletion logic in core.py to generate/use external configs via --config-file.
• Revamp documentation (Hugo site, examples, README) with detailed guides, CSS styling, and navigation updates.

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
samstacks/pipeline_models.py	Add config field with validator to Pydantic model
samstacks/core.py	Handle config_path, validate and process external configs
samstacks/samconfig_manager.py	Implement generate_external_config_file and template refs
samstacks/cli.py	Add --input support to delete command and context guard
tests/test_pipeline_models.py	Add tests for config path handling and validation
tests/test_core.py	Add tests for external config resolution in deletion logic
docs/hugo.yaml	Update menu order and parser settings
docs/content/docs/**	Add external-configs page, update weights and references
examples/multi-pipeline.yml	New multi-environment example using external configs
README.md, CHANGELOG.md	Document external config feature and bump version
.github/workflows/ci.yml	Run tests on all PRs and build to generate version.py

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (2)

docs/hugo.yaml:7

• [nitpick] You removed the hugo-admonitions import but the docs still use admonition syntax (> [!NOTE]). Either re-add the hugo-admonitions module import or remove/replace those blocks to avoid rendering errors.

    - path: github.com/imfing/hextra

docs/content/docs/manifest-reference.md:67

• [nitpick] The table styling class {.pretty-table-3} is on its own line rather than applied to the table element. Move this attribute to the table's opening tag or use a Hugo shortcode so the custom CSS is actually applied.

{.pretty-table-3}