v0.5.0

Added

• Professional packaging: pyproject.toml (version derived from the git tag via
  setuptools-scm - no drift), a global decision-log console script, zero
  runtime dependencies.
• Installed-mode defaults guard (_default_base): pip-installed runs resolve
  default paths against the current directory; in-place copies keep resolving
  against the file's folder.
• CI packaging job: builds the wheel, installs it into a fresh venv, and
  smoke-tests the console script + module import.
• publish.yml: trusted publishing to PyPI, gated behind the PUBLISH_TO_PYPI
  repository variable (skipped until enabled).

Fixed

• Typed entries: parse_entries() now returns DecisionEntry dataclasses (dict-compatible via __getitem__), full type hints on all functions, and a small exception vocabulary (AgentLogError / ValidationError / LockTimeoutError) — same behavior, same exit codes.
• stdin reconfigured to UTF-8 on Windows: piped unicode no longer double-encodes into decisions.txt (stdout-only reconfigure bug).
• L10: load() no longer crashes on a locked/unreadable log file (graceful OSError fallback; regression tests added).

Docs

Fixed

• Concurrent --decide/--revise/--resolve appends no longer lose
  entries: the append is serialized by a cross-process lock file
  (<log>.lock, stdlib-only, atomic O_CREAT|O_EXCL create with 5s wait
  and stale-lock recovery) and the log is re-read inside the lock before
  writing (lost-update fix).

• Document the PR-based push workflow in the README (branch -> PR ->
  squash merge with the (AREA: <logged decision>) marker) now that
  branch protection blocks direct pushes to master.

v0.4.0

Fixed

• _extract_area() marker semantics documented and pinned by tests:
  the CI gate matches the hooks (first matching line, last
  AREA:/LOG: marker on it).
• status_token() strips the en-dash as well as the em-dash (OPEN– ->
  OPEN).
• cmd_revise() / cmd_resolve() use the already-read text instead of
  re-reading the log (one read, no stale-write window).
• load() reads with utf-8-sig so a BOM-prefixed log is parsed.

Added

• --review proposals now quote each reversal's REASON, so the draft
  shows why the decision kept changing.
• Robustness tests: 100-decision fuzz, BOM / invalid UTF-8, en-dash
  statuses, multi-marker precedence in --check-commit, and the manual
  LOCKED + SUPERSEDES path through --decide.
• --stats analytics command: status mix, current/superseded counts,
  reversal rate, average time from LOCKED to REVISED, and the most
  volatile topics.

Docs

• Document the _topic_of grouping heuristic (--review / --stats):
  first FILES basename, else first 3 title words; same basename in
  different dirs merges.

v0.3.0

Added

• _check_readme_count.py + a README test-count drift guard CI job:
  any push or PR where the README-stated test count differs from the
  actual suite fails CI (now a required check) - the stale-count bug
  class is mechanically prevented.
• README Development section now states the test count explicitly
  (104) instead of a vague "100% pass expected".

v0.2.0

Added

• --check-commit FILE gate: exit 0 only if the commit message names a
  logged decision (AREA:/LOG: marker), mechanically enforced by a new
  commit-message gate (log-before-fix) CI job - the AREA marker is now
  enforced in CI, mirroring agent-error-log.
• Companion badge in the README badge row linking agent-error-log - the
  ecosystem cross-link is visible at the top of the page, not only in the
  bottom Companion section.
• AGENTS.md section 7 (Committing): the AREA-marker gate is documented
  for AI agents, matching the enforced reality.
• Branch protection on master: direct pushes are rejected (GH006 verified
  live), so changes ship via the PR flow like the sibling.
• 7 new unit tests (104 total).

v0.1.0

Added

• Initial release of agent-decision-log: decisions.txt + rules.txt +
  notes.txt, check_decisions.py (validate / --decide / --revise /
  --resolve / --has-open / --recent / --review / --init),
  start.py boot-time recall, 97 unit tests, CI (Linux + Windows, Python
  3.9-3.12), release workflow, full community standards.