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Semantic Versioning, Changelogs, Release Notes

This generated surface maps a learner-facing curriculum unit to its canonical source routes.

Curriculum surface

  • Open learner-facing unit
  • Curriculum path: content/curriculum/production/semester-09-cloud-devops/module-04-ci-cd-pipelines-release-engineering/concepts/cluster-04-release-engineering/10-semver-changelogs-release-notes-primary.md
  • App: production
  • Semester: semester-09-cloud-devops
  • Module: module-04-ci-cd-pipelines-release-engineering
  • Unit kind: concept
  • Curation level: module_curated

Learning objectives

  • Explain Semantic Versioning, Changelogs, Release Notes as a software-delivery and risk-reduction system, not just automation for builds and tests.
  • Use Semantic Versioning, Changelogs, Release Notes to reason about feedback speed, artifact integrity, rollout safety, and release recoverability.
  • Use pro-git to connect the learner page to pipeline stages, deployment strategies, and production-release discipline.

Prerequisites

  • Comfort with containers, environment promotion, and the need for repeatable, low-risk software delivery.

Source books

  • pro-git

Source routes

Pro Git

  • /books/pro-git via Pro Git: Checking out tags and summary, Pro Git: Listing, creating, deleting tags, Pro Git: Rebasing / cherry-picking workflows and preparing a release, Pro Git: Signing commits and tags, Pro Git: Tagging -- basics and annotated tags, Pro Git: Tagging — basics and annotated tags, Pro Git: git shortlog for release summaries

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Source-of-truth note

This teaching unit is learner-facing guidance. Its canonical source backbone is the referenced book pro-git, and outside material should only clarify or strengthen that backbone.