DEVX-3: feat: pluggable change classification framework

pyproject.toml

@@ -83,3 +83,54 @@ indent-style = "space"
 include = ["src"]
 pythonVersion = "3.12"
 strict = ["src/devx/config.py", "src/devx/exceptions.py", "src/devx/i18n.py", "src/devx/api_clients.py", "src/devx/gitea_cli.py"]
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Change classification — determines which changes trigger a release
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Safe-by-default: any file NOT listed here defaults to user-facing
+# (requiring a release). This prevents new file types from silently
+# skipping releases.
+#
+# Rule priority (first match wins):
+#   1. user_facing_overrides (safety — highest priority)
+#   2. infrastructure_overrides (explicit per-file)
+#   3. infrastructure (glob patterns)
+#   4. Default: user-facing (safe)
+[tool.devx.classify]
+# Infrastructure paths — changes here don't trigger a release
+infrastructure = [
+    ".gitea/**",
+    "tests/**",
+    "docs/**",
+    "hooks/**",
+    "Makefile",
+    "cliff.toml",
+    ".pre-commit-config.yaml",
+    ".env.example",
+    ".gitignore",
+    ".ruff.toml",
+    "AGENTS.md",
+    "README.md",
+    "CHANGELOG.md",
+    "TROUBLESHOOTING.md",
+    ".ansible-lint",
+    ".github/**",
+]
+
+# Infrastructure overrides — files that would default to user-facing
+# but are actually infrastructure:
+# - __init__.py: only contains __version__ (release artifact, not code)
+# - api_clients.py: used only by CI/CD scripts, not by the CLI
+infrastructure_overrides = [
+    "src/devx/__init__.py",
+    "src/devx/api_clients.py",
+]
+
+# User-facing overrides — safety override for broad infrastructure patterns
+# (empty — add when an infrastructure pattern is too broad)
+user_facing_overrides = []
+
+# Tag patterns — additional categories for CI conditional execution
+# Orthogonal to release impact (user-facing vs infrastructure)
+[tool.devx.classify.tags]
+ansible = ["ansible/**", ".ansible-lint"]