Release 3.1.0 (#719) (#720)

Sync stable-3 to main branch (#719)

Release 3.1.0
SUMMARY
Release prep for 3.1.0
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Docs Pull Request
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Reviewed-by: Alina Buzachis
Reviewed-by: Helen Bailey hebailey@redhat.com
(cherry picked from commit ef829b8)

Reviewed-by: Alina Buzachis

changelogs/fragments/20240426-add-support-of-kubectl-local-env-vars-for-connection-plugin.yml

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-minor_changes:
-  - kubectl - added support of local enviroment variable that will be used for kubectl and may be requried for establishing connections ifself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/702)

changelogs/fragments/592-kustomize-helm-support.yml

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-minor_changes:
-  - kustomize - new parameter added to --enable-helm (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/568)

changelogs/fragments/652-fix-json-patch-action.yml

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-bugfixes:
-  - k8s_json_patch - rename action symlink to ensure k8s action plugin is used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/652).

changelogs/fragments/654-helm-expand-user.yml

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-bugfixes:
-  - helm - expand kubeconfig path with user's home directory for consistency with k8s