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changelog
This folder holds changelog updates from commit 3bc7d15 onwards.
Release notes are text files with three lines:
-
An opening code block with the
release-note:<MODE>
type annotation.For example:
```release-note:bug
Valid modes are:
bug
- Any sort of non-security defect fix.change
- A change in the product that may require action or review by the operator. Examples would be any kind of API change (as opposed to backwards compatible addition), a notable behavior change, or anything that might require attention before updating. Go version changes are also listed here since they can potentially have large, sometimes unknown impacts. (Go updates are a special case, and dep updates in general aren't achange
). Discussion of any potentialchange
items in the pull request to see what other communication might be warranted.deprecation
- Announcement of a planned future removal of a feature. Only use this if a deprecation notice also exists in the docs.feature
- Large topical additions for a major release. These are rarely in minor releases. Formatting forfeature
entries differs from normal changelog formatting - see the new features instructions.improvement
- Most updates to the product that aren’tbug
s, but aren't big enough to be afeature
, will be animprovement
.
-
A component (for example,
secret/pki
orsdk/framework
or), a colon and a space, and then a one-line description of the change. -
An ending code block.
This should be in a file named after the pull request number (e.g., 12345.txt
).
There are many examples in this folder; check one out if you're stuck!
See hashicorp/go-changelog for full documentation on the supported entries.
New and Major Features
For features we are introducing in a new major release, we prefer a single changelog entry representing that feature. This way, it is clear to readers what feature is being introduced. You do not need to reference a specific PR, and the formatting is slightly different - your changelog file should look like:
changelog/<pr num OR feature name>.txt:
```release-note:feature
**Feature Name**: Description of feature - for example "Custom password policies are now supported for all database engines."
```