feat(core): Implement infrastructure layer for CLI operations

Establishes foundational modules that all other components depend on.

src/core/config.rs - Configuration management:
- JSON-based config file with Zod-like validation via serde
- GitLab settings: base URL, token environment variable
- Project list with paths to track
- Sync settings: backfill days, stale lock timeout, cursor rewind
- Storage settings: database path, payload compression toggle
- XDG-compliant config path resolution via dirs crate
- Loads GITLAB_TOKEN from configured environment variable

src/core/db.rs - Database connection and migrations:
- Opens or creates SQLite database with WAL mode for concurrency
- Embeds migration SQL as const strings (001-005)
- Runs migrations idempotently with checksum verification
- Provides thread-safe connection management

src/core/error.rs - Unified error handling:
- GiError enum with variants for all failure modes
- Config, Database, GitLab, Ingestion, Lock, IO, Parse errors
- thiserror derive for automatic Display/Error impls
- Result type alias for ergonomic error propagation

src/core/lock.rs - Distributed sync locking:
- File-based locks to prevent concurrent syncs
- Stale lock detection with configurable timeout
- Force override for recovery scenarios
- Lock file contains PID and timestamp for debugging

src/core/paths.rs - Path resolution:
- XDG Base Directory Specification compliance
- Config: ~/.config/gi/config.json
- Data: ~/.local/share/gi/gi.db
- Creates parent directories on first access

src/core/payloads.rs - Raw payload storage:
- Optional gzip compression for storage efficiency
- SHA-256 content addressing for deduplication
- Type-prefixed keys (issue:, discussion:, note:)
- Batch insert with UPSERT for idempotent ingestion

src/core/time.rs - Timestamp utilities:
- Relative time parsing (7d, 2w, 1m) for --since flag
- ISO 8601 date parsing for absolute dates
- Human-friendly relative time formatting

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/core/paths.rs

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+//! XDG-compliant path resolution for config and data directories.
+
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+/// Get the path to the config file.
+///
+/// Resolution order:
+/// 1. CLI flag override (if provided)
+/// 2. GI_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
+/// 3. XDG default (~/.config/gi/config.json)
+/// 4. Local fallback (./gi.config.json) if exists
+/// 5. Returns XDG default even if not exists
+pub fn get_config_path(cli_override: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
+    // 1. CLI flag override
+    if let Some(path) = cli_override {
+        return PathBuf::from(path);
+    }
+
+    // 2. Environment variable
+    if let Ok(path) = std::env::var("GI_CONFIG_PATH") {
+        return PathBuf::from(path);
+    }
+
+    // 3. XDG default
+    let xdg_path = get_xdg_config_dir().join("gi").join("config.json");
+    if xdg_path.exists() {
+        return xdg_path;
+    }
+
+    // 4. Local fallback (for development)
+    let local_path = PathBuf::from("gi.config.json");
+    if local_path.exists() {
+        return local_path;
+    }
+
+    // 5. Return XDG path (will trigger not-found error if missing)
+    xdg_path
+}
+
+/// Get the data directory path.
+/// Uses XDG_DATA_HOME or defaults to ~/.local/share/gi
+pub fn get_data_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    get_xdg_data_dir().join("gi")
+}
+
+/// Get the database file path.
+/// Uses config override if provided, otherwise uses default in data dir.
+pub fn get_db_path(config_override: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
+    if let Some(path) = config_override {
+        return PathBuf::from(path);
+    }
+    get_data_dir().join("gi.db")
+}
+
+/// Get the backup directory path.
+/// Uses config override if provided, otherwise uses default in data dir.
+pub fn get_backup_dir(config_override: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
+    if let Some(path) = config_override {
+        return PathBuf::from(path);
+    }
+    get_data_dir().join("backups")
+}
+
+/// Get XDG config directory, falling back to ~/.config
+fn get_xdg_config_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    std::env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
+        .map(PathBuf::from)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+            dirs::home_dir()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("."))
+                .join(".config")
+        })
+}
+
+/// Get XDG data directory, falling back to ~/.local/share
+fn get_xdg_data_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    std::env::var("XDG_DATA_HOME")
+        .map(PathBuf::from)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+            dirs::home_dir()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("."))
+                .join(".local")
+                .join("share")
+        })
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_cli_override_takes_precedence() {
+        let path = get_config_path(Some("/custom/path.json"));
+        assert_eq!(path, PathBuf::from("/custom/path.json"));
+    }
+
+    // Note: env var tests removed - mutating process-global env vars
+    // in parallel tests is unsafe in Rust 2024. The env var code path
+    // is trivial (std::env::var) and doesn't warrant the complexity.
+}