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The CHANGELOG is the single source of truth for what has changed . It reduces friction, builds trust, and transforms your release process from a chaotic firefight into a professional, predictable rhythm.

: Instead of generic version numbers, use titles that describe the main feature added. CHANGELOG

is a curated, chronologically ordered file (usually CHANGELOG.md The CHANGELOG is the single source of truth

When updating the changelog, follow standard professional guidelines for commit messages: These tools work on the principle of

A version number without an ISO 8601 date ( YYYY-MM-DD ) is useless. Did you release v3.0.0 last week or last year? If you can't tell, the CHANGELOG has failed.

These tools work on the principle of . If you force your team to write commit messages like: feat(auth): add OAuth login → Goes to Added . fix(api): handle null response → Goes to Fixed . perf(core): reduce bundle size → Goes to Changed .