chore(main): release 0.52.0

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0.52.0 (2026-10-06)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• git: gitopsreverser_git_queue_drops_total is no longer emitted; dashboards and alerts must use gitopsreverser_git_queue_refusals_total.

Bug Fixes

• git: keep the branch worker's decided writes pending, with one materializer (#413) (b6492d8)

Documentation

• upgrading: say which kustomize panics on an invalid images: name (#416) (2e656de)

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