git-cliff --bumped-version replaces CHANGELOG.md

[eproxus]

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Description of the bug

When running git-cliff --bumped-version it outputs the version into the configured change log output path, overwriting all content.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Configure the change log output in cliff.toml:

   [changelog]
   output = "CHANGELOG.md"
   

2. Add some content to CHANGELOG.md
3. Run git-cliff --bumped-version
4. Observe the version getting written to CHANGELOG.md, overwriting all content

Expected behavior

git-cliff --bumped-version should always output the version to standard out.

Screenshots / Logs

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Software information

• Operating system: macOS 15.5
• Rust version: unknown
• Project version: 2.9.1

Additional context

git-cliff is installed via Homebrew.

One workaround is git-cliff --bumped-version --output=-. However, adding output = "-" to the [bump] section in cliff.toml does not work.

[orhun]

Hey, thanks for reporting!

This should be fixed in #1307