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+Top Bar Organizer v1 includes the following changes:
+
+# Relevant and/or Breaking Changes
+
+The following relevant and/or breaking changes of this version:
+
+<list relevant and/or breaking changes of this version here>
+
+# `git shortlog`
+
+The git shortlog for this version:
+
+<paste the git shortlog for this version here>