Front-matter is removed from CHANGELOG when running commit-and-tag-version

[TimKnight-DWP]

Describe the bug
When I run npx commit-and-tag-version any front matter on my changelog is removed

My existing changelog has some front matter:

---
status: new
---

# Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [commit-and-tag-version](https://github.com/absolute-version/commit-and-tag-version) for commit guidelines.

## [4.13.0](https://gitlab.com/.../compare/4.12.3...4.13.0) (2023-10-18)

### Features

Current behavior

# Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [commit-and-tag-version](https://github.com/absolute-version/commit-and-tag-version) for commit guidelines.

## [4.13.2](https://gitlab.com/.../compare/4.13.0...4.13.2) (2023-10-19)

Front matter is removed

Expected behavior
Front matter should be maintained, so that we can attach fuller metadata to our changelogs

Environment

• commit-and-tag-version version(s): Latest
• Node/npm version: npm 18
• OS: Mac OS

Possible Solution

I am unsure where to start looking through the code, I presume it is something in the parse/write process, where the front matter gets stripped off before or after the new commit history is added

[TimothyJones]

Thanks for the report! It’s after midnight where I am, but just a quick note to say that I think the part of the code you’re looking for is in lib/lifecycles/changelog.js

[TimKnight-DWP]

@TimothyJones appreciate the response! but get some sleep 😉

[TimKnight-DWP]

@TimothyJones PR raised, happy to squash prior to merge in #108