diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27f7228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+* Thu Feb 16 2023 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.20220404-3
+- refresh to cabal-rpm-2.1.0 with SPDX migration
+
+* Thu Jul 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20220404-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Jun 07 2022 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.20220404-1
+- https://hackage.haskell.org/package/git-repair-1.20220404/changelog
+
+* Thu Jan 20 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20210629-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Jan 08 2022 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.20210629-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LIBFFI34
+
+* Thu Aug  5 2021 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.20210629-1
+- update to 1.20210629
+
+* Thu Aug  5 2021 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.20210111-1
+- update to 1.20210111
+
+* Thu Jul 22 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20200504-5
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20200504-4
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Aug 01 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20200504-3
+- Second attempt - Rebuilt for
+  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Jul 27 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20200504-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jun 10 2020 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.20200504-1
+- update to 1.20200504
+
+* Wed Feb 19 2020 Fedora Haskell SIG <haskell@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.20200102-1
+- spec file generated by cabal-rpm-2.0.2
diff --git a/git-repair.spec b/git-repair.spec
index 3217164..948f694 100644
--- a/git-repair.spec
+++ b/git-repair.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:           git-repair
 Version:        1.20220404
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        Repairs a damaged git repository
 
 License:        AGPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -85,42 +85,4 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/
 
 
 %changelog
-* Thu Feb 16 2023 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.20220404-3
-- refresh to cabal-rpm-2.1.0 with SPDX migration
-
-* Thu Jul 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20220404-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Jun 07 2022 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.20220404-1
-- https://hackage.haskell.org/package/git-repair-1.20220404/changelog
-
-* Thu Jan 20 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20210629-3
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Jan 08 2022 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.20210629-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LIBFFI34
-
-* Thu Aug  5 2021 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.20210629-1
-- update to 1.20210629
-
-* Thu Aug  5 2021 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.20210111-1
-- update to 1.20210111
-
-* Thu Jul 22 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20200504-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20200504-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Aug 01 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20200504-3
-- Second attempt - Rebuilt for
-  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Mon Jul 27 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.20200504-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Wed Jun 10 2020 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.20200504-1
-- update to 1.20200504
-
-* Wed Feb 19 2020 Fedora Haskell SIG <haskell@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.20200102-1
-- spec file generated by cabal-rpm-2.0.2
+%autochangelog