From 5e751fe5834c88ab60420b49c94e1ad6f0d36d3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bill Berry <wberry@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:07:19 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(build): seed CHANGELOG.md with version entry for
 release-please frontmatter preservation
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- add ## 0.0.0 (Initial) placeholder version entry to CHANGELOG.md
- ensures release-please updateContent() takes version found path
- fixes PR #168 markdown lint failures by preventing frontmatter mangling

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 CHANGELOG.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 01c8ed76..230ba578 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 > **Note:** This file is automatically maintained by [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please). Do not edit manually.
 
-<!-- Releases will be automatically added by release-please -->
+## 0.0.0 (Initial)
+
+- Initial placeholder for release-please compatibility