How to draft release notes from commit information
Release notes explain the changes that matter to the intended audience. Commit text provides clues, but the draft still needs to distinguish user-facing behavior from internal maintenance.
Start with the right material.
- What you provide
- a visible commit or merged-change list.
- The intended result
- Save grouped release notes with references and explicit uncertainty about user impact.
How the workflow works.
Group supplied changes by their practical effect and keep issue or commit references where useful. Mark unclear entries for clarification rather than guessing what an abbreviated message means.
What to check in the result.
Review whether the changes are actually included in the intended release. A commit message alone does not establish deployment, availability or the complete effect on users.
Preview the Markdown to check headings, lists and links as well as the words. Keep source references with the document so a reviewer can trace important statements back to the material you supplied.
Learn from the worked example.
The downloadable Markdown example shows one possible organization of the result. Read it alongside the source example and notice which statements are recorded facts, proposed wording or questions still needing an answer.
The supplied example is illustrative. It is not a recorded run on your data.
Download the example ↓Use it with your own material.
- Open the source you want to work with and activate WebAct on that tab.
- Copy the task from the hero, add any required fields or preferences, and review the proposed actions.
- Compare the first result with your source. Ask for a specific correction or refinement where needed.