diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1b362f..28b9b03 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- feat: generating initial changelog ([7e210ae](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/7e210ae), 21 Mar 2024)
+
 - wip: bb code gathering commits per tag ([f3be3be](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/f3be3be), 21 Mar 2024)
 
 ## v0.0.0
@@ -16,30 +18,34 @@
 
 - docs: attempt to make org/github rendering work better ([77cebdc](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/77cebdc), 20 Mar 2024)
 
-  surprised the image name/captions don't work!
+  > surprised the image name/captions don't work!
+
 - Create LICENSE ([fcf7aed](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/fcf7aed), 20 Mar 2024)
 
 - docs: readme todos update ([59d76e8](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/59d76e8), 20 Mar 2024)
 
 - feat: readme images and example.gd ([134072c](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/134072c), 20 Mar 2024)
 
-  also refactors to_pretty to use an opts dictionary instead of continuing
-  to add optional params. This should create some space for more options
-  and clean up the impl going forward.
+  > also refactors to_pretty to use an opts dictionary instead of continuing
+  > to add optional params. This should create some space for more options
+  > and clean up the impl going forward.
+
 - feat: support Object.to_printable() via duck-typing ([1bce1eb](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/1bce1eb), 20 Mar 2024)
 
-  Any object can now opt-in to some other logged form by implementing an
-  arg-less to_printable() function.
-  
-  I wanted something cute, but `log()` already does logarithms, and pr()
-  or pp() felt obscure for a public function.
+  > Any object can now opt-in to some other logged form by implementing an
+  > arg-less to_printable() function.
+  > 
+  > I wanted something cute, but `log()` already does logarithms, and pr()
+  > or pp() felt obscure for a public function.
+
 - chore: test coverage for strings ([537e43a](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/537e43a), 20 Mar 2024)
 
 - fix: run ci on push ([b900292](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/b900292), 20 Mar 2024)
 
 - ci: initial gdunit4 github action ([ab2553c](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/ab2553c), 20 Mar 2024)
 
-  Straight outta https://mikeschulze.github.io/gdUnit4/faq/ci/
+  > Straight outta https://mikeschulze.github.io/gdUnit4/faq/ci/
+
 - dep: add gd-plug-ui ([737f4d5](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/737f4d5), 20 Mar 2024)
 
 - feat: update gdUnit4 ([05213c0](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/05213c0), 20 Mar 2024)
@@ -50,11 +56,13 @@
 
 - test: quick dictionary test ([c70815a](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/c70815a), 9 Mar 2024)
 
-  just copy-pasting the output back into the test. aka snapshot testing?
+  > just copy-pasting the output back into the test. aka snapshot testing?
+
 - chore: clean up some bits ([ed7b0c3](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/ed7b0c3), 9 Mar 2024)
 
-  Experimented with more readable bbcode output, only to learn that you
-  can just 'print' it. heh.
+  > Experimented with more readable bbcode output, only to learn that you
+  > can just 'print' it. heh.
+
 - test: impl some basic tests ([0ca946f](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/0ca946f), 9 Mar 2024)
 
 - feat: first basic test running (and failing) ([64c0d23](https://github.com/russmatney/log/commit/64c0d23), 16 Feb 2024)
diff --git a/bb/changelog.clj b/bb/changelog.clj
index 6a317b0..47aed2e 100644
--- a/bb/changelog.clj
+++ b/bb/changelog.clj
@@ -3,18 +3,12 @@
    [clojure.string :as string]
    [clojure.edn :as edn]
    [babashka.process :as process]
-   [babashka.fs :as fs]
    [clojure.java.shell :as clj-sh]
    ))
 
 (def changelog-path "CHANGELOG.md")
 (def repo-dir "~/russmatney/log")
 
-(defn partition-by-newlines [lines]
-  (->> lines
-       (partition-by #{""})
-       (remove (comp #{""} first))))
-
 (defn bash [command]
   (clj-sh/sh "bash" "-c" command))
 
@@ -64,7 +58,6 @@
     "}"))
 
 (defn first-commit-hash [{:keys [dir]}]
-  ;; NOTE crashes/throws when no tags exist
   (->
     ^{:out :string :dir (str dir)}
     (process/$ git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD)
@@ -74,7 +67,6 @@
          (-> res :out string/trim-newline))))))
 
 (defn last-tag [{:keys [dir]}]
-  ;; NOTE crashes/throws when no tags exist
   (->
     ^{:out :string :dir (str dir)}
     (process/$ git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
@@ -84,7 +76,6 @@
          (-> res :out string/trim-newline))))))
 
 (defn all-tags [{:keys [dir]}]
-  ;; NOTE crashes/throws when no tags exist
   (->
     ^{:out :string :dir (str dir)}
     (process/$ git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
@@ -99,14 +90,8 @@
   (first-commit-hash {:dir (expand "~/russmatney/log")}))
 
 (defn commits
-  "Retuns metadata for `n` commits at the specified `dir`.
-  ;; TODO support before/after
-  ;; TODO rename, probably just `commits`
-  "
-  [{:keys [dir n
-           after-tag
-           before-tag]
-    :as   opts}]
+  "Retuns metadata for `n` commits at the specified `dir`."
+  [{:keys [dir n after-tag before-tag] :as opts}]
   (let [n (or n 500)
         cmd
         (str "git log" (str " -n " n)
@@ -184,13 +169,13 @@
 
 
 (defn commit->lines [commit]
-  ;; TODO make hyperlink
   [(str "- " (:commit/subject commit) " (" (commit-hash-link commit) ", " (commit-date commit) ")")
    (when (seq (:commit/body commit))
      (str "\n" (->> (:commit/body commit)
                     (string/split-lines)
-                    (map #(str "  " %))
-                    (string/join "\n"))))])
+                    (map #(str "  > " %))
+                    (string/join "\n"))
+          "\n"))])
 
 (defn tag-section [[tag commits]]
   (let [headline     (str "## " (cond