diff --git a/.config.bk/cargo.toml b/.config.bk/cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc33daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config.bk/cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] 
+linker = "clang" 
+rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=/usr/bin/mold"]
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7d6e7e5..b47cfbb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "syn 2.0.27",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "serde",
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+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "js-sys",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "phf",
+ "phf_codegen",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "lazy_static",
+ "nom",
+ "pathdiff",
+ "serde",
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+ "yaml-rust",
+]
+
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+ "chrono",
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  "conventional_commit_parser",
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+ "git-cliff-core",
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+ "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "semver",
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+ "git-conventional",
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+ "lazy-regex",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+ "rust-embed",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_regex",
+ "tera",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "walkdir",
+]
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+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex",
+ "same-file",
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+ "walkdir",
+ "winapi-util",
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+dependencies = [
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+dependencies = [
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+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rust-embed-utils",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rust-embed-utils"
+version = "7.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d38ff6bf570dc3bb7100fce9f7b60c33fa71d80e88da3f2580df4ff2bdded74"
+dependencies = [
+ "sha2",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -1030,6 +1491,15 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1ad4cc8da4ef723ed60bced201181d83791ad433213d8c24efffda1eec85d741"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "same-file"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "schannel"
 version = "0.1.22"
@@ -1099,6 +1569,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_regex"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8136f1a4ea815d7eac4101cfd0b16dc0cb5e1fe1b8609dfd728058656b7badf"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "0.6.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96426c9936fd7a0124915f9185ea1d20aa9445cc9821142f0a73bc9207a2e186"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1144,6 +1633,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "siphasher"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7bd3e3206899af3f8b12af284fafc038cc1dc2b41d1b89dd17297221c5d225de"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -1153,6 +1648,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "slug"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b3bc762e6a4b6c6fcaade73e77f9ebc6991b676f88bb2358bddb56560f073373"
+dependencies = [
+ "deunicode",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.11.0"
@@ -1203,7 +1707,7 @@ version = "0.3.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "15f2b5fb00ccdf689e0149d1b1b3c03fead81c2b37735d812fa8bddbbf41b6d8"
 dependencies = [
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.4.6",
  "remove_dir_all",
 ]
 
@@ -1220,6 +1724,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tera"
+version = "1.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a5ab29bb4f3e256ae6ad5c3e2775aa1f8829f2c0c101fc407bfd3a6df15c60c5"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "chrono-tz",
+ "globwalk",
+ "humansize",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pest",
+ "pest_derive",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "slug",
+ "thread_local",
+ "unic-segment",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.44"
@@ -1242,14 +1769,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
-version = "1.1.7"
+version = "1.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3fdd6f064ccff2d6567adcb3873ca630700f00b5ad3f060c25b5dcfd9a4ce152"
+checksum = "5516c27b78311c50bf42c071425c560ac799b11c30b31f87e3081965fe5e0180"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.1.45"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b797afad3f312d1c66a56d11d0316f916356d11bd158fbc6ca6389ff6bf805a"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -1306,6 +1843,49 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.5.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f4f7f0dd8d50a853a531c426359045b1998f04219d88799810762cd4ad314234"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c17e963a819c331dcacd7ab957d80bc2b9a9c1e71c804826d2f283dd65306542"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_edit",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_datetime"
+version = "0.6.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7cda73e2f1397b1262d6dfdcef8aafae14d1de7748d66822d3bfeeb6d03e5e4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.19.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8123f27e969974a3dfba720fdb560be359f57b44302d280ba72e76a74480e8a"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap 2.0.0",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -1416,6 +1996,74 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed646292ffc8188ef8ea4d1e0e0150fb15a5c2e12ad9b8fc191ae7a8a7f3c4b9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uncased"
+version = "0.9.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b9bc53168a4be7402ab86c3aad243a84dd7381d09be0eddc81280c1da95ca68"
+dependencies = [
+ "version_check",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unic-char-property"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8c57a407d9b6fa02b4795eb81c5b6652060a15a7903ea981f3d723e6c0be221"
+dependencies = [
+ "unic-char-range",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unic-char-range"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0398022d5f700414f6b899e10b8348231abf9173fa93144cbc1a43b9793c1fbc"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unic-common"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "80d7ff825a6a654ee85a63e80f92f054f904f21e7d12da4e22f9834a4aaa35bc"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unic-segment"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4ed5d26be57f84f176157270c112ef57b86debac9cd21daaabbe56db0f88f23"
+dependencies = [
+ "unic-ucd-segment",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unic-ucd-segment"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2079c122a62205b421f499da10f3ee0f7697f012f55b675e002483c73ea34700"
+dependencies = [
+ "unic-char-property",
+ "unic-char-range",
+ "unic-ucd-version",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unic-ucd-version"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96bd2f2237fe450fcd0a1d2f5f4e91711124f7857ba2e964247776ebeeb7b0c4"
+dependencies = [
+ "unic-common",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicase"
+version = "2.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "50f37be617794602aabbeee0be4f259dc1778fabe05e2d67ee8f79326d5cb4f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.13"
@@ -1478,6 +2126,16 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "walkdir"
+version = "2.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "36df944cda56c7d8d8b7496af378e6b16de9284591917d307c9b4d313c44e698"
+dependencies = [
+ "same-file",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1487,6 +2145,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "try-lock",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a143597ca7c7793eff794def352d41792a93c481eb1042423ff7ff72ba2c31f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -1585,12 +2249,30 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e686886bc078bc1b0b600cac0147aadb815089b6e4da64016cbd754b6342700f"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -1657,6 +2339,15 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1a515f5799fe4961cb532f983ce2b23082366b898e52ffbce459c86f67c8378a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8bd122eb777186e60c3fdf765a58ac76e41c582f1f535fbf3314434c6b58f3f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winreg"
 version = "0.10.1"
@@ -1666,6 +2357,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yaml-rust"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56c1936c4cc7a1c9ab21a1ebb602eb942ba868cbd44a99cb7cdc5892335e1c85"
+dependencies = [
+ "linked-hash-map",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yansi"
 version = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index be56a5a..ac4ee9b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1", features = ["log"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17" }
 clap = { version = "4.3.4", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 dotenv = { version = "0.15.0" }
-
-url = {version = "*"}
-
-serde_yaml = {version = "*"}
-serde = {version = "*", features = ["derive"]}
+url = { version = "2.4.0" }
+serde_yaml = { version = "0.9.25" }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 semver = "1.0.18"
 conventional_commit_parser = "0.9.4"
-tempdir = "*"
-reqwest = {version = "*"}
+tempdir = "0.3.7"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.18" }
+git-cliff-core = "1.2.0"
+regex = "*"
+chrono = "*"
 
-tracing-test = "*"
-pretty_assertions = "*"
\ No newline at end of file
+tracing-test = "0.2"
+pretty_assertions = "1.4"
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please/Cargo.toml b/crates/cuddle-please/Cargo.toml
index 83a6419..7660b9d 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-please/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ clap.workspace = true
 dotenv.workspace = true
 serde_yaml.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
-reqwest = {workspace = true, features = ["blocking", "json"]}
+reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 url.workspace = true
 semver.workspace = true
 conventional_commit_parser.workspace = true
 tempdir.workspace = true
-
+git-cliff-core.workspace = true
+regex.workspace = true
+chrono.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-tracing-test = {workspace = true, features = ["no-env-filter"]}
-pretty_assertions.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
+tracing-test = { workspace = true, features = ["no-env-filter"] }
+pretty_assertions.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please/src/cliff/mod.rs b/crates/cuddle-please/src/cliff/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e5f7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please/src/cliff/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+use anyhow::Context;
+use chrono::{DateTime, NaiveDate, Utc};
+use git_cliff_core::{
+    changelog::Changelog,
+    commit::Commit,
+    config::{ChangelogConfig, CommitParser, Config, GitConfig},
+    release::Release,
+};
+use regex::Regex;
+
+pub struct ChangeLogBuilder {
+    commits: Vec<String>,
+    version: String,
+    config: Option<Config>,
+    release_date: Option<NaiveDate>,
+    release_link: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl ChangeLogBuilder {
+    pub fn new<C>(commits: C, version: impl Into<String>) -> Self
+    where
+        C: IntoIterator,
+        C::Item: Into<String>,
+    {
+        Self {
+            commits: commits.into_iter().map(|s| s.into()).collect(),
+            version: version.into(),
+            config: None,
+            release_date: None,
+            release_link: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_release_date(self, release_date: NaiveDate) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            release_date: Some(release_date),
+            ..self
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_release_link(self, release_link: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            release_link: Some(release_link.into()),
+            ..self
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_config(self, config: Config) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            config: Some(config),
+            ..self
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn build<'a>(self) -> ChangeLog<'a> {
+        let git_config = self
+            .config
+            .clone()
+            .map(|c| c.git)
+            .unwrap_or_else(default_git_config);
+        let timestamp = self.release_timestamp();
+        let commits = self
+            .commits
+            .clone()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|c| Commit::new("id".into(), c))
+            .filter_map(|c| c.process(&git_config).ok())
+            .collect();
+
+        ChangeLog {
+            release: Release {
+                version: Some(self.version),
+                commits,
+                commit_id: None,
+                timestamp,
+                previous: None,
+            },
+            config: self.config,
+            release_link: self.release_link,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn release_timestamp(&self) -> i64 {
+        self.release_date
+            .and_then(|date| date.and_hms_opt(0, 0, 0))
+            .map(|d| DateTime::<Utc>::from_utc(d, Utc))
+            .unwrap_or_else(Utc::now)
+            .timestamp()
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct ChangeLog<'a> {
+    release: Release<'a>,
+    config: Option<Config>,
+    release_link: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl ChangeLog<'_> {
+    pub fn generate(&self) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
+        let config = self.config.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| self.default_config());
+        let changelog = Changelog::new(vec![self.release.clone()], &config)?;
+        let mut buffer = Vec::new();
+        changelog
+            .generate(&mut buffer)
+            .context("failed to generate changelog")?;
+        String::from_utf8(buffer)
+            .context("cannot convert bytes to string (contains non utf-8 char indices)")
+    }
+
+    fn default_config<'a>(&self) -> Config {
+        let config = Config {
+            changelog: default_changelog_config(
+                None,
+                self.release_link.as_ref().map(|rl| rl.as_str()),
+            ),
+            git: default_git_config(),
+        };
+
+        config
+    }
+}
+
+fn default_git_config() -> GitConfig {
+    GitConfig {
+        conventional_commits: Some(true),
+        filter_unconventional: Some(false),
+        filter_commits: Some(true),
+        commit_parsers: Some(default_commit_parsers()),
+        ..Default::default()
+    }
+}
+
+fn default_commit_parsers() -> Vec<CommitParser> {
+    fn create_commit_parser(message: &str, group: &str) -> CommitParser {
+        CommitParser {
+            message: Regex::new(&format!("^{message}")).ok(),
+            body: None,
+            group: Some(group.into()),
+            default_scope: None,
+            scope: None,
+            skip: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    vec![
+        create_commit_parser("feat", "added"),
+        create_commit_parser("changed", "changed"),
+        create_commit_parser("deprecated", "deprecated"),
+        create_commit_parser("removed", "removed"),
+        create_commit_parser("fix", "fixed"),
+        create_commit_parser("security", "security"),
+        CommitParser {
+            message: Regex::new(".*").ok(),
+            group: Some(String::from("other")),
+            body: None,
+            default_scope: None,
+            skip: None,
+            scope: None,
+        },
+    ]
+}
+
+const CHANGELOG_HEADER: &'static str = r#"# Changelog
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+"#;
+
+fn default_changelog_config(header: Option<String>, release_link: Option<&str>) -> ChangelogConfig {
+    ChangelogConfig {
+        header: Some(header.unwrap_or(String::from(CHANGELOG_HEADER))),
+        body: Some(default_changelog_body_config(release_link)),
+        footer: None,
+        trim: Some(true),
+    }
+}
+
+fn default_changelog_body_config(release_link: Option<&str>) -> String {
+    const pre: &'static str = r#"
+    ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}]"#;
+    const post: &'static str = r#" - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+{% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+### {{ group | upper_first }}
+{% for commit in commits %}
+{%- if commit.scope -%}
+- *({{commit.scope}})* {% if commit.breaking %}[**breaking**] {% endif %}{{ commit.message }}{%- if commit.links %} ({% for link in commit.links %}[{{link.text}}]({{link.href}}) {% endfor -%}){% endif %}
+{% else -%}
+- {% if commit.breaking %}[**breaking**] {% endif %}{{ commit.message }}
+{% endif -%}
+{% endfor -%}
+{% endfor %}"#;
+
+    match release_link {
+        Some(link) => format!("{}{}{}", pre, link, post),
+        None => format!("{}{}", pre, post),
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bare_release() {
+        let commits: Vec<&str> = Vec::new();
+        let changelog = ChangeLogBuilder::new(commits, "0.0.0")
+            .with_release_date(NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(1995, 5, 15).unwrap())
+            .build();
+
+        let expected = r######"# Changelog
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+"######;
+
+        pretty_assertions::assert_eq!(expected, &changelog.generate().unwrap())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn generates_changelog() {
+        let commits: Vec<&str> = vec![
+            "feat: some feature",
+            "some random commit",
+            "fix: some fix",
+            "chore(scope): some chore",
+        ];
+        let changelog = ChangeLogBuilder::new(commits, "1.0.0")
+            .with_release_date(NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(1995, 5, 15).unwrap())
+            .build();
+
+        let expected = r######"# Changelog
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [1.0.0] - 1995-05-15
+
+### Added
+- some feature
+
+### Fixed
+- some fix
+
+### Other
+- some random commit
+- *(scope)* some chore
+"######;
+
+        pretty_assertions::assert_eq!(expected, &changelog.generate().unwrap())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please/src/lib.rs b/crates/cuddle-please/src/lib.rs
index cc6e3bb..0ada347 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-please/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod cliff;
 pub mod command;
 pub mod environment;
 pub mod git_client;
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please/src/main.rs b/crates/cuddle-please/src/main.rs
index 2641797..00387b8 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-please/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod cliff;
 pub mod command;
 pub mod environment;
 pub mod git_client;