phase1: initial setup

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TinkerPop 3.8 Migration — Phase 1 Setup

Set up a structured workflow to incrementally migrate HugeGraph from TinkerPop 3.5.x to 3.8.

What was done

• Created a dedicated base branch: tinkerpop-3.8-phase1
• Established isolated working branches (phase1-fix1, etc.) for incremental changes
• Set up internal PR flow within fork to stack and organize changes before upstream submission
• Enabled GitHub Actions on fork to run CI independently of upstream
• Verified CI runs successfully on fork-based branches

Purpose

To avoid a single large, unmanageable PR by:

• Breaking migration into smaller, reviewable phases
• Allowing safe experimentation without affecting upstream
• Using CI feedback early during development

Next Steps

• Introduce TinkerPop 3.8 dependency updates
• Resolve compile-time issues
• Stabilize build before opening draft PR to upstream