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-# The full repository name
-repo: go-gitea/gitea
-
-# Service type (gitea or github)
-service: github
-
-# Base URL for Gitea instance if using gitea service type (optional)
-# Default: https://gitea.com
-base-url:
-
-# Changelog groups and which labeled PRs to add to each group
-groups:
-  -
-    name: BREAKING
-    labels:
-      - pr/breaking
-  -
-    name: SECURITY
-    labels:
-      - topic/security
-  -
-    name: FEATURES
-    labels:
-      - type/feature
-  -
-    name: API
-    labels:
-      - modifies/api
-  -
-    name: ENHANCEMENTS
-    labels:
-      - type/enhancement
-      - type/refactoring
-      - topic/ui
-  -
-    name: BUGFIXES
-    labels:
-      - type/bug
-  -
-    name: TESTING
-    labels:
-      - type/testing
-  -
-    name: BUILD
-    labels:
-      - topic/build
-      - topic/code-linting
-  -
-    name: DOCS
-    labels:
-      - type/docs
-  -
-    name: MISC
-    default: true
-
-# regex indicating which labels to skip for the changelog
-skip-labels: skip-changelog|backport\/.+