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+# 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
+
+The first release to allow CLIs to share code in a backwards compatible fashion.
+
+### Commit Statistics
+
+<csr-read-only-do-not-edit/>
+
+ - 2 commits contributed to the release.
+ - 0 commits were understood as [conventional](https://www.conventionalcommits.org).
+ - 0 issues like '(#ID)' where seen in commit messages
+
+### Commit Details
+
+<csr-read-only-do-not-edit/>
+
+<details><summary>view details</summary>
+
+ * **Uncategorized**
+    - run only tests that are actually used/implemented ([`a1e6496`](https://github.com/Byron/google-apis-rs/commit/a1e6496ccdeaa8a0d799c53ed3b95fca5b7fc7c9))
+    - Add google-clis-common crate ([`322ea69`](https://github.com/Byron/google-apis-rs/commit/322ea698c365f1a713bc54d5aae9ffb92d9e646b))
+</details>
+