:_content-type: PROCEDURE

[id="creating-a-new-release-notes-project_{context}"]
= Creating a new release notes project

Populate a directory with sample configuration files that {name} uses to generate release notes.

.Prerequisites

* You have installed {name}.

.Procedure

. Create all configuration files that are necessary to generate release notes using {name}:
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[subs="+quotes,+attributes"]
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$ {bin-name} init __path-to-directory__
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Replace `__path-to-directory__` with the directory where you want to store your release notes configuration.

. Examine the newly populated directory.
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See the `README.adoc` file in the directory for a description of the directory layout.