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fix: seed an empty CHANGELOG.md so the first release is well-formed #5

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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion CHANGELOG.md
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# Changelog
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Expand Up@@ -138,9 +138,14 @@ sed -i.bak "s|^$PROJECT_NAME = \"$PACKAGE_NAME.cli:main\"|$cli_name_esc = \"$PAC

git mv "src/pythontemplate" "src/$PACKAGE_NAME"

# Reset release state.
# Reset release state. CHANGELOG.md is emptied, not seeded with a heading:
# release-please's Changelog updater treats any pre-existing content as prior
# changelog body when it finds no version heading, so it demotes `# Changelog`
# to `## Changelog` and appends it below the first release's entry
# (src/updaters/changelog.ts, adjustHeaders). An empty file takes the clean
# branch instead.
printf '{".":"0.0.0"}\n' > .release-please-manifest.json
printf '# Changelog\n' > CHANGELOG.md
: > CHANGELOG.md

# Template-only content must not propagate into the generated project: the
# design records, and the smoke test that drives ./bootstrap -- which is about
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