v1.0.0

Release Notes

Version

v1.0.0

Release Date

2026-07-06

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Features

• Add version command to root command and update Execute function
• Add version command to print the version number
• Add make link and make unlink targets for symlink to C:/Bin/tools
• **templates:**Add minimal.md template file
• **templates:**Add github.md template file
• **templates:**Add default.md template file
• **cmd:**Implement release command with upload, draft, and prerelease flags
• **cmd:**Implement config command with --get support
• **cmd:**Implement init command for project scaffolding
• **cmd:**Implement validate command for repo and config checks
• **cmd:**Implement preview command for terminal output
• **cmd:**Implement generate command with all flags
• **cmd:**Create root command with sub-command registration
• **app:**Implement application orchestrator with Generate, Preview, Validate, Init, and Release
• **git:**Implement GoGitRepo with tag detection, commit iteration, diff stats, and contributor extraction
• **output:**Implement Writer with dry-run, overwrite protection, and GitHub release support
• **github:**Implement GitHub Release creation via CLI and REST API
• **releasenotes:**Implement release notes Generator with tag iteration and single-version support
• **markdown:**Implement professional Markdown release notes builder
• **template:**Implement template engine with default, github, and minimal built-in templates
• **contributors:**Define Contributor struct and Collect function with sorting
• **stats:**Define Statistics struct and Collect function
• **parser:**Implement conventional commit parsing with footers, issues, PRs, and categorization
• **config:**Implement Config struct, LoadConfig, InitConfig, and directory scaffolding
• **git:**Define Repository interface and Commit, Tag, DiffStats types
• Initial commit

Bug Fixes

• Pass context to GitHub release creation in Writer methods
• Pass context to output writer in Generate and Release methods
• Use absolute paths for NSIS installer output files
• Update NSIS installer commands to use absolute paths for binaries
• Update version determination logic in generateSingle function
• Update Execute function to pass version variable
• Fall back to copy when symlink requires admin on Windows
• Use PowerShell for Windows link/unlink targets (works in Git Bash, cmd, pwsh)
• Remove -race flag from test targets (fails on Windows without CGO)
• Make build OS-aware — appends .exe on Windows automatically

Documentation

• Add templates for rndocs
• Rename GUIDE.md to USER-GUIDE.md and update references
• Add comprehensive user guide and link from README
• Expand what-is section with what/why/philosophy
• Update FUNDING.yml with correct PayPal link and remove GitHub funding reference
• Add CODE_OF_CONDUCT, SECURITY, PR/issue templates, FUNDING, and link CoC from CONTRIBUTING
• Add CONTRIBUTING.md with developer guide, Makefile reference, and coding standards
• Reorder title and logo section in README.md for clarity
• Add Apache 2.0 license
• Add centered title section with logo and badges
• Fix table separator column count
• Add auto-changelog comparison column to table
• Update license to Apache 2.0 with summary and add sign-off message
• Add table of contents to README
• Add what-is, use cases, benefits, and comparison table to README
• Add README.md with installation, usage, commands, and architecture

Refactoring

• Move installer.nsi to installers folder

Build

• Add .git-rndocs.yaml
• Add version variable to Makefile for build process

CI/CD

• Set fetch-depth to 0 for full history in checkout step
• Add release notes generation and upload to GitHub Release
• Consolidate Windows binary and NSIS Installer build steps
• Update build commands in release.yml to set version variable for Windows, Linux, and macOS
• Add multi-platform release workflow with NSIS installer and deb package
• **github:**Add release-notes workflow for auto-generated release notes
• **github:**Add release workflow using GoReleaser
• **github:**Add CI workflow for build and test on ubuntu, windows, macos
• **release:**Add GoReleaser configuration for multi-platform builds
• **config:**Add .git-rndocs.yaml default configuration file

Tests

• **git:**Add integration tests for Open, Tags, CommitsBetween, DiffStats, Contributors, DetachedHead
• **markdown:**Add tests for BuildMarkdown, formatCommit, breaking changes, stats
• **template:**Add tests for Render, GetBuiltin, BuildRenderData, unknown template
• **contributors:**Add tests for Collect with sorting, single author, empty, dedup
• **stats:**Add tests for Collect with categorized commits and empty input
• **parser:**Add tests for ParseCommit, CategorizeCommits, DisplayName, footers, PRs
• **config:**Add tests for DefaultConfig, LoadConfig, InitConfig, CreateDefaultDirectories

Maintenance

• Move installer.nsi to installers/ folder
• Create main.go entry point
• Add Makefile with build, test, lint, clean targets
• Add .gitignore for Go projects
• **deps:**Bump golang.org/x/net

Contributors

• Mark Wayne Buncaras Menorca (77 commits)
• dependabot[bot] (1 commits)
• Mark Wayne Menorca (1 commits)