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+before:
+  hooks:
+    - go mod tidy
+builds:
+  - env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    goos:
+      - linux
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+    goamd64:
+      - v3
+    id: "cc-metric-store"
+    binary: cc-metric-store
+    main: ./cmd/cc-metric-store
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w -X main.version={{.Version}}
+      - -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.Date}}
+      - -linkmode external -extldflags -static
+    tags:
+      - static_build
+archives:
+  - format: tar.gz
+    # this name template makes the OS and Arch compatible with the results of uname.
+    name_template: >-
+      {{ .ProjectName }}_
+      {{- title .Os }}_
+      {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
+      {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
+      {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
+checksum:
+  name_template: "checksums.txt"
+snapshot:
+  name_template: "{{ incpatch .Version }}-next"
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    include:
+      - "^feat:"
+      - "^fix:"
+      - "^sec:"
+      - "^docs:"
+  groups:
+    - title: "Dependency updates"
+      regexp: '^.*?(feat|fix)\(deps\)!?:.+$'
+      order: 300
+    - title: "New Features"
+      regexp: '^.*?feat(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+      order: 100
+    - title: "Security updates"
+      regexp: '^.*?sec(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+      order: 150
+    - title: "Bug fixes"
+      regexp: '^.*?fix(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+      order: 200
+    - title: "Documentation updates"
+      regexp: ^.*?doc(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$
+      order: 400
+release:
+  draft: false
+  footer: |
+    Please check out the [Release Notes](https://github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-store/blob/master/ReleaseNotes.md) for further details on breaking changes.
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0 fo=cnqoj