Rename GITEA_ROTATION_TOKEN secret to ROTATION_PAT (GITEA_ prefix is reserved)

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@@ -201,12 +201,14 @@ workflow write to its own repo's secrets):
1. Create a Gitea personal access token with **write:repository** scope and
**no expiration** (Settings -> Applications -> Generate New Token). This
one doesn't rotate itself, so give it a long life up front.
2. Add it as a repo/org Actions secret named `GITEA_ROTATION_TOKEN` (same
2. Add it as a repo/org Actions secret named `ROTATION_PAT` (same
Settings -> Actions -> Secrets page as above - if that tab is missing,
see the nav-link workaround / API fallback in the "Auto-provisioning"
section above, same `curl -X PUT .../actions/secrets/<name>` pattern,
just with `GITEA_ROTATION_TOKEN` as the secret name and the PAT itself as
the value).
just with `ROTATION_PAT` as the secret name and the PAT itself as the
value). Not named `GITEA_ROTATION_TOKEN` - Gitea reserves the `GITEA_`
prefix for its own automatic tokens/variables and rejects secrets with
that prefix (`Error: invalid variable or secret name`).
After that, `CODER_SESSION_TOKEN` never needs manual attention again - you
can also trigger a rotation on demand from Gitea's Actions tab