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This release completes the operational functionality of the `rngit` system, which now has full release creation, fetch and verified update support using the `rngit release` command. Additionally, two chapters have been added to the manual should cover all the things that `rngit` is currently capable of.

**Changes**
- Added full `rngit` documentation to the manual
- Added offline `.rsm` release manifest verification
- Added the ability to fetch release updates directly from `.rsm` manifests
- Added canonical `.rsm` release structure validator to `rnid` for import
- Added `.rsm` manifest saving when using `rngit release fetch`
- Added remote `HEAD` tracking for forks and mirros to `rngit`
- Improved known destinations persist reliability
- Improved page node ref link handling in `rngit`
- Improved logging in various locations

**Verified Retrieval**
You can retrieve and verify this release over Reticulum using the built-in `rngit release` utility. To download all artifacts, and the release manifest for future updates, you can use the following command:

```sh
rngit release rns://7649a50d84610232d1416b41d2896aff/reticulum/reticulum fetch latest:all --signer bc7291552be7a58f361522990465165c
```

To retrieve only the `.whl` package for installation, you can use:

```sh
rngit release rns://7649a50d84610232d1416b41d2896aff/reticulum/reticulum fetch latest:rns-1.2.8-py3-none-any.whl --signer bc7291552be7a58f361522990465165c
```

**Release Signatures**
Release artifacts include a signed `rsm` release manifest and `rsg` signature files that can be validated against the RNS release signing identity `<bc7291552be7a58f361522990465165c>` using `rnid`. To verify files, download the `rsm` and `rsg` signatures, make sure they are in the same folder as the release artifact, and run `rnid` signature verification with the release identity as the required signer:

```sh
rnid -i bc7291552be7a58f361522990465165c -V manifest.rsm *.rsg
```

The `rnid` utility will then verify the signatures, and display whether they are valid. If the signature cannot be verified, the release has been tampered with and should be discarded.