diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index a00fc93..9433705 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,113 @@
-# Change history
+# Changelog
 
-See the [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/docopt/docopts/releases).
+## bug fix v0.6.4-with-no-mangle-double-dash
+
+Tag: `v0.6.4-with-no-mangle-double-dash`
+
+This is a bug fix release.
+
+features changes:
+  - fix error refusing mangling double dash in global mode [#52]
+  - still refuse to mangle single dash `[-]` in global mode (not compatible with v0.6.1)
+  - now can mangle single-dash and double-dash in `-G` mode
+  - fix output bash empty array #53
+
+internal changes:
+  - use Go 1.17.1 for compiling
+  - `language_agnostic_tester.py` re-write for python3
+  - sort argument key in `Print_bash_args()` `Print_bash_global()`
+  - sort input keys in `docopts_test.go`
+  - add PR #52 test to `testcases.docopt`
+  - completed developer documentation
+  - #52 ignore `[--]` double-dash option in `Print_bash_global()`
+  - reformat of Go code with `gofmt`; indent change Space ==> Tab
+  - add `tests/functional_tests_docopts.bats`
+
+## docopts binary transitional v0.6.3-rc2
+
+Tag: `v0.6.3-rc2`
+
+This is a transitional release.
+
+It supports all the previous command line API plus some extra options.
+Fully compatible with previous 0.6.2 python code for Bash.
+
+See: https://github.com/docopt/docopts/tree/v0.6.1%2Bfix
+based on master branch
+
+features changes:
+  - `docopts.sh` function `docopt_get_help_string()` now uses awk to extract only first `Usage:`
+
+internal changes:
+  - use Go 1.14 for compiling
+  - more pre-built binaries, removed darwin/386
+  - fixed #44 `get_docopts.sh` for macOS + functional tests
+  - removed `bats` git submodule
+  - use [bats-core 1.2-dev](https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core) as testing framework from travis
+  - `deploy.sh` removed, now uses its [own repository](https://github.com/opensource-expert/deploy.sh)
+  - updated Makefile to use `get_ldflags.sh` from `deploy.sh`
+  - [travis hack](travis/get_bash5_macos.sh) to get faster build on macos with our embedded bash5 binary
+
+## docopts binary transitional v0.6.3-rc1
+
+Tag: `v0.6.3-rc1`
+
+This is a transitional release.
+
+It supports all the previous API plus some extra command line options.
+Fully compatible with previous 0.6.2 Python code for Bash.
+
+See: https://github.com/docopt/docopts/tree/v0.6.1%2Bfix
+based on master branch
+
+changes:
+  - more test for macOS
+  - Bash 3.2 support is more documented and fixed
+  - use `bats-core` as testing framework
+  - updated README merged from old README.rst
+  - now documentation introduce `docopts.sh` See [docs](https://github.com/docopt/docopts/tree/v0.6.3-rc1/docs/)
+  - added `Makefile`
+  - added `build_doc.sh` PoC markdown preprocessor
+
+all examples written for docopts:
+  - shebang conversion `#!/bin/bash` ==> `#!/usr/bin/env bash`
+  - legacy example completed
+  - example from README extracted a file, and merged in README via `build_doc.sh`
+  - `sshdiff` full example coded
+  - added examples with `--auto -G`
+
+docopts.sh helper:
+  - is more documented in the code
+  - has documenation in [docs/README.md](https://github.com/docopt/docopts/tree/v0.6.3-rc1/docs/README.md)
+  - now supports bash strict mode (`set -euo pipefail`)
+  - now supports `--auto -G` to auto parse with global vars (doesn't use bash 4 associative array)
+`docopts` behavior sould be unchanged:
+  - add mangled name collision detection
+
+## docopts for Bash first release in golang
+
+Tag: `v0.6.3-alpha1`
+
+This is a transitional release.
+
+It is a complete rewrite of the Python code in Go.
+It supports all of the previous API plus some extra command line options.
+
+Fully compatible with previous 0.6.2 python code for Bash.
+based on https://github.com/docopt/docopts/tree/packaging-debian
+
+## first release in Go
+
+Tag: `v0.6.2`
+
+This is a transitional release.
+
+Docopt for shell.
+It supports all of the previous API.
+
+Fully compatible with previous 0.6.1 Python code for Bash.
+See: https://github.com/docopt/docopts/tree/v0.6.1%2Bfix
+based on master branch
+
+changes:
+  - now written in Go, no more Python dependency
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7b84269..8cacfec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 GOVERSION := $$(go version)
+RELEASE_NOTES := $$(awk -v RS='\#\# *|\#\# ' 'NR==2 { print }' CHANGELOG.md)
 
 # keep docopts: as first target for development
 
@@ -35,8 +36,11 @@ README.md: examples/legacy_bash/rock_hello_world.sh examples/legacy_bash/rock_he
 clean:
 	rm -f docopts-* docopts README.tmp dist/*
 
+test_release_notes:
+	echo "\n## $(RELEASE_NOTES)"
+
 snapshot: install_builddep
 	GOVERSION=$(GOVERSION) goreleaser build --rm-dist --snapshot -o docopts
 
 release: clean all test snapshot
-	GOVERSION=$(GOVERSION) goreleaser release
+	GOVERSION=$(GOVERSION) goreleaser release --release-notes "## $(RELEASE_NOTES)"
diff --git a/docs/pre_built_binaries.md b/docs/pre_built_binaries.md
index e1b86a7..d55a100 100644
--- a/docs/pre_built_binaries.md
+++ b/docs/pre_built_binaries.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ git push origin "$(cat VERSION)"
 
 In `docopts` project folder.
 
-You need to create the release text in `deployment.yml` first.
+You need to create the release text in `CHANGELOG.md` first.
 
 Dry-run to create release files and binaries in the `dist/` dir:
 
diff --git a/docs/release.md b/docs/release.md
index 462dba8..216e296 100644
--- a/docs/release.md
+++ b/docs/release.md
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ git add ./tests/VERSION
 
 Increment the `./VERSION` number
 
-edit `./deployment.yml`
-
-- add the new tag name release matching ./VERSION
+edit `CHANGELOG.md`:
+- add a new heading at the top of the file with `## <insert heading here>` (only the first `##` will be used)
 - the description you want, changes etc.
 
 ## 2. rebuild all
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ git tag
 
 ## 9. build the release
 
-The following will build all binary version from `deployment.yml`
+The following will build all binary version from `.goreleaser.yml`
 
 ```
 make snapshot