diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
index 4f53ce3..9a30eee 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,45 +21,59 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}  # Use RELEASE_TOKEN instead of GITHUB_TOKEN
+
       # Step 2: Install latex dependencies
       - name: Install LaTeX Dependencies
         run: |
           apt-get update
           apt-get install -y texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended latexmk
+
       # Step 3: Create build directory
       - name: Create dist directory
         run: |
           mkdir -p dist
-      # Step 3: Compile the LaTeX.
+
+      # Step 4: Compile the LaTeX document
       - name: Compile LaTeX document
         run: |
           latexmk -pdf -jobname=dist/leonardo-murca-resume main.tex
           rm -f dist/leonardo-murca-resume.aux dist/leonardo-murca-resume.log dist/leonardo-murca-resume.out dist/leonardo-murca-resume.fls dist/leonardo-murca-resume.fdb_latexmk
 
-      # Step 4: Get commit messages for the release (from the tag)
+      # Step 5: Get commit messages for the release (from the tag)
       - name: Get commit messages for the release
         id: get_commit_messages
         run: |
+          # Get the current tag name (e.g., v1.0.0)
           TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+
+          # Find the commit where this tag was created
           TAG_COMMIT=$(git rev-list -n 1 $TAG_NAME)
+
+          # Find the previous tag (if it exists)
           PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match "v*" $TAG_COMMIT^ 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+          # Get commit messages only for the current tag
           if [ -z "$PREVIOUS_TAG" ]; then
-            COMMITS=$(git log --pretty=format:'- %s' $TAG_COMMIT)
+            # No previous tag, show all commits leading up to this tag
+            COMMITS=$(git log --pretty=format:'- %s' $TAG_COMMIT --no-merges)
           else
-            COMMITS=$(git log $PREVIOUS_TAG..$TAG_COMMIT --pretty=format:'- %s')
+            # Show commits only between the previous tag and the current tag
+            COMMITS=$(git log $PREVIOUS_TAG..$TAG_NAME --pretty=format:'- %s' --no-merges)
           fi
+
+          # Store commit messages in environment variable
           echo "commits<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "$COMMITS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      # Step 5: Upload the compiled PDF as a release asset.
+      # Step 6: Upload the compiled PDF as a release asset
       - name: Upload PDF to Release
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: leonardo-murca-resume.pdf  # The file to upload as the release asset.
-          path: dist/leonardo-murca-resume.pdf  # Path to the compiled PDaF
+          name: leonardo-murca-resume.pdf  # The file to upload as the release asset
+          path: dist/leonardo-murca-resume.pdf
 
-      # Step 6: Create release
+      # Step 7: Create release
       - name: Create release
         uses: actions/forgejo-release@v2
         with:
@@ -70,4 +84,3 @@ jobs:
           repo: leomurca/resume
           title: "Release ${{ github.ref_name }}"
           release-notes: "${{ env.commits }}"
-