Merge branch 'master' into chore/sec-167-rb-rudder-sdk-java

🔒 Scanned for secrets using gitleaks 8.28.0

Author: 1abhishekpandey

.buildscript/bootstrap.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [![Build & Code Quality Checks](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-sdk-java/actions/workflows/build-and-quality-checks.yml/badge.svg?branch=ci%2FaddCIFeatures)](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-sdk-java/actions/workflows/build-and-quality-checks.yml)
+[![Ask DeepWiki](https://deepwiki.com/badge.svg)](https://deepwiki.com/rudderlabs/rudder-sdk-java)
 
 # What is RudderStack?
 

.buildscript/cli.sh

@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@
                     <!--<autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                     <checkModificationExcludes>
                         <checkModificationExclude>pom.xml</checkModificationExclude>
-                        <checkModificationExclude>.buildscript/settings.xml</checkModificationExclude>
                     </checkModificationExcludes>
                     <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>-->
                 </configuration>