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+# Changelog
+
+## 1.0.0 (2025-05-04)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* adds toolchain dockerfile, init project ([#1](https://github.com/nstrumenta/base/issues/1)) ([b926d49](https://github.com/nstrumenta/base/commit/b926d49d8b600da9d5bdcbe22aa5b0bb8962d8c7))
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 {
   "name": "toolchain",
-  "version": "1.23.11",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "full base image for building nstrumenta",
   "main": "\"\"",
   "scripts": {