Patchnotater
Patchnotater is a role or system responsible for recording and communicating patch notes for software patches, updates, and version releases. The term can refer to a human responsible for writing release notes or to automated tooling that generates such notes.
In practice, patchnotaters compile, organize, and publish notes that describe changes, fixes, improvements, and any breaking
Typical workflow involves collecting change details from commit messages, issue trackers, and pull request descriptions; classifying
Patches may be documented manually or generated by automated patchnotating tools that parse repository data, apply
The practice improves user understanding of updates, supports compliance and audit trails, and can reduce support
See also: changelog, release notes, release management, changelog automation.