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+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes
+      labels:
+        - type:breaking-change
+    - title: Bugfixes
+      labels:
+        - type:bug
+    - title: New Features
+      labels:
+        - type:feature
+    - title: Improvements
+      labels:
+        - type:improvement
+        - type:performance
+    - title: We care about documentation
+      labels:
+        - type:docs
+    - title: Other Notable Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"