chore: add kodiak configuration for automated PR management

- Configure Kodiak for automatic PR merging
- Use squash merge to maintain linear history
- Auto-approve and auto-merge dependabot PRs (minor and patch versions)
- Automatically delete merged branches

Author: BigMichi1

.kodiak.toml

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+# .kodiak.toml
+# Minimal config. version is the only required field.
+version = 1
+
+[merge]
+# Use squash to maintain linear history (required when "Require linear history" is enabled)
+method = "squash"
+# Automatically delete branches after merge
+delete_branch_on_merge = true
+
+[update]
+always = true # default: false
+require_automerge_label = false # default: true
+ignored_usernames = ["dependabot"]
+
+[merge.automerge_dependencies]
+# auto merge all PRs opened by "dependabot" that are "minor" or "patch" version upgrades. "major" version upgrades will be ignored.
+versions = ["minor", "patch"]
+usernames = ["dependabot"]
+
+[approve]
+# note: remove the "[bot]" suffix from GitHub Bot usernames.
+# Instead of "dependabot[bot]" use "dependabot".
+auto_approve_usernames = ["dependabot"]