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     GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 ```
 
+⚠️ Please note: It is required to have a `checkout` step prior to the changelog step, to allow the action to discover the configuration file.
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 ⚠️ When running this action for a non tags trigger the `toTag` can't be automatically resolved, as such it is either required to provide `toTag` directly, or to specify a different `fetch-depth:` with the checkout action to include tags.
 
 💡 By default not specifying `fromTag` or `toTag` will resolve `toTag` from either the `ref` or alternatively fallback to the latest tag from git. `fromTag` is resolved by sorting tags using [semver](https://semver.org/). Check the [configuration](#configuration-specification) for alternatives.