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+## Version 0.1.0-alpha.1 (2021-05-16)
+
+### Features and improvements
+
+* [[`d5c17bb9`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/d5c17bb9)] - **feat**: add basic html styling
+* [[`6877c578`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/6877c578)] - **feat**: add release-pipeline
+* [[`069d6bf3`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/069d6bf3)] - **feat**: add shell completions
+* [[`5ed6d260`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/5ed6d260)] - **feat**: add ha-report feature
+* [[`54f3b8e5`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/54f3b8e5)] - **feat**: initial commit
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* [[`1684258e`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/1684258e)] - **fix**: update module github.com/prometheus/common to v0.20.0 (#10)
+* [[`f3c059f4`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/f3c059f4)] - **fix**: update module github.com/prometheus/common to v0.19.0 (#4)
+* [[`43a92ae1`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/43a92ae1)] - **fix**: update module k8s.io/client-go to v0.20.5 (#8)
+* [[`219ba1be`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/219ba1be)] - **fix**: update module github.com/spf13/cobra to v1.1.3 (#5)
+* [[`1709d7e0`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/1709d7e0)] - **fix**: update module github.com/prometheus/client_golang to v1.10.0 (#3)
+
+### Cleanup and refactoring
+
+* [[`08f93f8a`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/08f93f8a)] - **cleanup**: several removals
+
+### Documentation
+
+* [[`0f1d59c6`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/0f1d59c6)] - **doc**: fix
+* [[`bafae292`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/bafae292)] - **doc**: fix
+* [[`f810f989`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/f810f989)] - **doc**: fix
+* [[`d88df1da`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/d88df1da)] - **doc**: added readme
+
+### Dependency updates
+
+* [[`bd7183e9`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/bd7183e9)] - **deps**: update module github.com/prometheus/common to v0.24.0 (#21)
+* [[`eec9e346`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/eec9e346)] - **deps**: Bump pascalgn/automerge-action from 0.13.1 to 0.14.1
+* [[`c6b3dabe`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/c6b3dabe)] - **deps**: fix update
+* [[`b361de45`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/b361de45)] - **deps**: update module github.com/prometheus/common to v0.23.0
+* [[`0756be67`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/0756be67)] - **deps**: update module github.com/prometheus/common to v0.21.0 (#15)
+* [[`07588d8e`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/07588d8e)] - **deps**: update module k8s.io/client-go to v0.21.0 (#13)
+* [[`5e640a9e`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/5e640a9e)] - **deps**: Bump actions/setup-node from v2.1.4 to v2.1.5
+* [[`1b26386d`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/1b26386d)] - **deps**: Bump pascalgn/automerge-action
+
+### Common changes
+
+* [[`020583a9`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/020583a9)] - **chore**: normalize deps
+* [[`2cee7aed`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/2cee7aed)] - **chore**: Merge pull request #2 from ckotzbauer/dependabot/github_actions/actions/setup-node-v2.1.5
+* [[`f61cdb5a`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/f61cdb5a)] - **chore**: Merge pull request #1 from ckotzbauer/dependabot/github_actions/pascalgn/automerge-action-741c311a47881be9625932b0a0de1b0937aab1ae
+* [[`304f8671`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/304f8671)] - **chore**: initial repo setup
+* [[`e6ad0b2e`](https://github.com/ckotzbauer/chekr/commit/e6ad0b2e)] - **chore**: Initial commit
+
+