feat: implement single squashed commit per release

🔄 **Ultra-Clean Git History:**

Now creates one beautiful commit per release instead of multiple merge commits:

**Before:**
```
abc123 Merge pull request #45 from version/minor
def456 feat: add email scheduling
ghi789 fix: validation bug
jkl012 docs: update readme
mno345 test: add unit tests
```

**After:**
```
abc123 ✨ Minor Release

## Changes
### 🚀 Features
- Add email scheduling feature
### 🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fix validation error handling
### 📚 Documentation
- Update readme with new examples
```

**How it works:**
1. Analyzes commits since last release tag
2. Squashes all PR commits into single commit
3. Uses semantic emoji titles (🚀🔧🐛)
4. Includes AI-generated changelog with categorized changes
5. Adds version bump changes to same commit

**Result:** Perfect git history with one meaningful commit per release! 🎉

.github/workflows/version-and-publish.yml

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "$CHANGELOG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Update merge commit with changelog
+      - name: Create single squashed commit with changelog
         if: steps.version-type.outputs.type != 'none'
         run: |
           # Extract version type for commit title
@@ -149,10 +149,21 @@ jobs:
 
           ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}"
 
-          # Amend the merge commit with the clean message
+          # Get the previous commit (before the merge/PR commits)
-          git commit --amend -m "$NEW_MSG"
+          # This assumes we want to squash everything since the last release
+          LAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+          if [ -n "$LAST_TAG" ]; then
+            BASE_COMMIT=$LAST_TAG
+          else
+            # If no tags, use the commit before this PR
+            BASE_COMMIT=$(git log --oneline --skip=10 -1 --format="%H" 2>/dev/null || git log --max-parents=0 --format="%H")
+          fi
 
-      - name: Version bump
+          # Reset to the base and create a single squashed commit
+          git reset --soft $BASE_COMMIT
+          git commit -m "$NEW_MSG"
+
+      - name: Version bump and finalize commit
         if: steps.version-type.outputs.type != 'none'
         id: version-bump
         run: |
@@ -177,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
             git add pnpm-lock.yaml
           fi
 
-          # Amend the merge commit to include version changes
+          # Amend the squashed commit to include version changes
           git commit --amend --no-edit
 
           # Create git tag
@@ -185,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
 
           ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}"
 
-          echo "Version bumped from $CURRENT_VERSION to $NEW_VERSION"
+          echo "Created single squashed commit with version bump from $CURRENT_VERSION to $NEW_VERSION"
 
       - name: Push version changes
         if: steps.version-type.outputs.type != 'none'

VERSION_WORKFLOW.md

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Make sure these secrets are configured in your GitHub repository:
 
 - ✅ Automatic version bumping based on branch
 - ✅ AI-generated changelog using Claude Code CLI
-- ✅ Appends changelog to PR merge commit message
+- ✅ Squashes all PR commits into single clean commit
 - ✅ Runs tests before publishing
 - ✅ Builds the package before publishing
 - ✅ Creates git tags with changelog in tag message
@@ -103,10 +103,37 @@ The workflow automatically generates a standardized changelog for each release u
 - ⚡ **Performance** - Performance optimizations
 
 The generated changelog is included in:
-- The PR merge commit message (automatically appended)
+- The single squashed release commit message
 - The git tag message
 - The GitHub release notes
 
+## Git History Structure
+
+The workflow creates an ultra-clean git history by squashing all commits from the PR into a single release commit:
+
+**Before Squashing:**
+```
+abc123 feat: add email scheduling
+def456 fix: validation bug
+ghi789 docs: update readme
+jkl012 test: add unit tests
+```
+
+**After Squashing:**
+```
+abc123 ✨ Minor Release
+
+## Changes
+### 🚀 Features
+- Add email scheduling feature
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+- Fix validation error handling
+### 📚 Documentation
+- Update readme with new examples
+```
+
+This results in one meaningful commit per release with all changes summarized in the AI-generated changelog.
+
 ## Version Branch Maintenance
 
 Keep version branches up to date by periodically merging from main: