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Add prefix and postfix to placeholders

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions, python
Domain
devops, release

Research direction

Start by locating the current placeholder replacement logic in the release-note generation workflow and trace how values are substituted. Implement support for the shown pre/post text syntax, then verify that placeholders preserve the surrounding text while inserting the developer value.

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Description

enhancement

Background

Current placeholders are just replaced by values.

Feature

Add logic to include pre/post text as part of placeholder.

Example [Optional]

{developed by -:developers:- clever boys}

Dominant language
Python
Stars
13
Forks
0
Avg merge
1m
Merged PRs (30d)
5

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