feat: the changelog in the status pane, built in

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

internal/ui/app/app.go

@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ type Options struct {
 	// and keeps its state, for the status pane.
 	ConfigFiles []string
 	StatePath   string
+	// Changelog is CHANGELOG.md, for the status pane.
+	Changelog string
 	// CacheFile keeps what was loaded between runs; "" keeps it for this
 	// run only.
 	CacheFile string
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ type Model struct {
 	configFiles []string
 	statePath   string
 	statusW     int // the status pane's width: the left column's, zoomed or not
+	changelog   []panes.Field
 	cacheDirty  bool
 	sourcesAt   map[string]time.Time
 	placeDir    string
@@ -448,7 +451,7 @@ func New(providers []provider.Provider, opts Options) Model {
 	m.spinning = true
 
 	m.cachePath, m.placeDir, m.sourcesAt = opts.CacheFile, opts.Dir, map[string]time.Time{}
-	m.configFiles, m.statePath = opts.ConfigFiles, opts.StatePath
+	m.configFiles, m.statePath, m.changelog = opts.ConfigFiles, opts.StatePath, changelogFields(opts.Changelog)
 	if m.cachePath != "" {
 		m.loadCacheFile()
 		if len(m.sourceResults) > 0 {

internal/ui/app/status.go

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (m Model) statusFields() []panes.Field {
 	add(panes.Field{Label: "docs", Value: repo + "/…/docs", URL: update.DefaultRepo + "/src/branch/main/docs"})
 	add(panes.Field{Label: "source", Value: repo, URL: update.DefaultRepo})
 	add(panes.Field{Label: "issues", Value: repo + "/issues", URL: update.DefaultRepo + "/issues"})
-	return out
+	return append(out, m.changelog...)
 }
 
 // updateStatus says whether a newer release is out, and when it was
@@ -141,3 +141,31 @@ func ago(d time.Duration) string {
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%dd ago", int(d.Hours()/24))
 }
+
+// changelogFields are CHANGELOG.md as rows: each release's version and
+// date, then its entries, marked by what kind they are.
+func changelogFields(md string) []panes.Field {
+	var out []panes.Field
+	kind := ""
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(md, "\n") {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "## "):
+			version, date, _ := strings.Cut(strings.TrimPrefix(line, "## "), " – ")
+			out = append(out, panes.Field{Label: version, Value: date, Info: true})
+			kind = ""
+		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "### "):
+			kind = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimPrefix(line, "### "))
+		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "- ") && len(out) > 0:
+			text := update.PlainLinks(strings.TrimPrefix(line, "- "))
+			if kind != "" {
+				text = kind + ": " + text
+			}
+			out = append(out, panes.Field{Value: text})
+		case line != "" && len(out) > 0 && !strings.HasPrefix(line, "<!--"):
+			// A release's own words ("Hello world 👋").
+			out = append(out, panes.Field{Value: update.PlainLinks(line)})
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}

internal/ui/app/status_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.kebcloud.no/keb/lazysecrets/internal/ui/panes"
+)
+
+func TestChangelogFields(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	md := "# Changelog\n\nEvery release of lazysecrets, newest first.\n\n## v0.2.0 – 2026-10-12\n\n### Added\n\n" +
+		"- Search ([#11](https://x/pulls/11)) ([65dc2d7](https://x/commit/65dc2d7))\n\n### Fixed\n\n- A fix (#3)\n\n" +
+		"## v0.1.0 – 2026-10-10\n\nHello world 👋\n\n<!-- generated by git-cliff (cliff.toml) -->\n"
+	got := changelogFields(md)
+	want := []panes.Field{
+		{Label: "v0.2.0", Value: "2026-10-12", Info: true},
+		{Value: "added: Search (#11) (65dc2d7)"},
+		{Value: "fixed: A fix (#3)"},
+		{Label: "v0.1.0", Value: "2026-10-10", Info: true},
+		{Value: "Hello world 👋"},
+	}
+	if len(got) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("got %+v", got)
+	}
+	for i := range want {
+		if got[i] != want[i] {
+			t.Errorf("row %d: %+v, want %+v", i, got[i], want[i])
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/update/update.go

@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@ type Release struct {
 // every release ends with.
 func (r Release) Notes() string {
 	notes, _, _ := strings.Cut(r.Body, "## Install")
-	return mdLink.ReplaceAllString(strings.TrimSpace(notes), "$1")
+	return PlainLinks(strings.TrimSpace(notes))
 }
 
+// PlainLinks shows Markdown links as their text, for a terminal.
+func PlainLinks(s string) string { return mdLink.ReplaceAllString(s, "$1") }
+
 // mdLink is a Markdown link, [text](url): the notes link PRs and commits,
 // and a terminal shows them as their text.
 var mdLink = regexp.MustCompile(`\[([^\]]+)\]\((https?://[^)\s]+)\)`)