Hand-written changelogs or release notes are essential: keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
“Whether consumers or developers, the end users of software are human beings who care about what's in the software. When the software changes, people want to know why and how.”
“Using commit log diffs as changelogs is a bad idea. [...] The purpose of a commit is to document the evolution of the source code. The purpose of a changelog is to document the noteworthy differences to end users.”
