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+<a name="unreleased"></a>
+## [Unreleased]
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+<a name="v1.0.0"></a>
+## v1.0.0 - 2021-05-18
+
+### Features
+- **cli:** add short version option
+- **cli:** allow config file without extension forcing yaml type
+- **cli:** display version and keep build info data
+- **cli:** add cli
+- **merge:** add merge functionality
+
+### Code Refactoring
+- **cli:** check errors when binding viper with cobra
+- **cli:** create error with recommended function
+
+### Build changes
+- **changelog:** generate changelog from git log
+- **lint:** lint source code
+- **release:** generate rpm, deb and apk packages for linux
+- **release:** use goreleaser to build release
+- **release-notes:** generate release-notes for current version from git log
+- **version:** generate next semantic version based on git log
+
+### Documentation changes
+- add deb, rpm and apk installation info
+- add development info
+- add usage info
+- **help:** capitalize all short command messages
+
+
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/amplia-iiot/yutil/compare/v1.0.0...HEAD