chore(release): 2.44.0

## [2.44.0](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/common-ci-tasks/-/compare/...) (2024-10-31)

### Features

* **docker:** turn branch write caching off by default ([8700ca04](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/common-ci-tasks/-/commit/8700ca04e76306733fdc73256c99a85b3da6040e))

### Dependencies

* **deps:** update pre-commit hook gitlab-com/gl-infra/common-ci-tasks to v2.43.1 ([13e2a5d5](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/common-ci-tasks/-/commit/13e2a5d51ecabbae49e1546fd3ec2e8ad726b738))
* **deps:** update pre-commit hook gitlab-com/gl-infra/common-ci-tasks to v2.43.2 ([c5c56e28](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/common-ci-tasks/-/commit/c5c56e280247619168e2fac6ed35155e4ed2d898))