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+# 1.0.0 (2025-06-29)
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+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add ctrl-c handling ([53de4cd](https://git.aquila-consortium.org/guilhem_lavaux/forge_automate/commit/53de4cd18ee59a82839e413b32ce8fc4389daa73))
+* update formatting ([e460a26](https://git.aquila-consortium.org/guilhem_lavaux/forge_automate/commit/e460a26c0bbef69fe74d5c219c531dea052d12ff))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Initial import ([5cd0635](https://git.aquila-consortium.org/guilhem_lavaux/forge_automate/commit/5cd063583291ebd2e800b1b197f7b10cdb949b84))
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+1.0.0