diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4c08eccfa..df39b8f9f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,31 @@
-Project-wide changes. Probably just a temporary file, see hledger*/CHANGES.md instead.
+General/project-related changes in the hledger project. 
+For package-specific changes, see the package changelogs.
 
+# 9bc88727
 
-# 1.12
+- fixed pandoc typography conversion in web manuals (#954).
+  Eg `--` was being rendered as en-dash.
+
+- developer docs have moved from the wiki into CONTRIBUTING.md (#920)
+
+- new streamlined changelog update process.
+  "make changelogs" updates the project-wide and package changelogs,
+  inserting new commits at the top, formatted as changelog entries.
+  New commits means commits touching that directory since the tag
+  version or commit hash which is the first word in the changelog's
+  previous top-most heading.
+
+- new command documentation process.
+  Commands' CLI help and manual section are now generated from the same
+  source (just the `close` command so far).
+
+- doc files and hpack/cabal files are included in TAGS again
+
+- make site-livereload - opens a reloading browser view on the website html
+  (requires `livereloadx`)
+
+- site: home: focus on "robust"
+
+- site: remove the wasteful top nav bar, mostly
+
+# 1.12 (2018/12/02)
diff --git a/hledger-api/CHANGES.md b/hledger-api/CHANGES.md
index 0003a7d8a..6f547afec 100644
--- a/hledger-api/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-api/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-api.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
+# 1e5e30ae
+
+- use hledger 1.12.99
+
 # 1.12 (2018/12/02)
 
 -   use hledger 1.12
diff --git a/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md b/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
index ac8382b92..ad71c4696 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
-Developer-ish changes in the hledger-lib package.
-User-visible changes are noted in the hledger package changelog instead.
+Internal/api/developer-ish changes in the hledger-lib package.
+For user-visible changes, see the hledger package changelog.
+
+# 1e5e30ae
+
+added: 
+
+- setFullPrecision
+- setMinimalPrecision
+- expectParseStateOn
+
+changed:
+
+- amultiplier -> aismultiplier
+- Amount fields reordered for clearer debug output
+- tpreceding_comment_lines -> tprecedingcomment, reordered
 
 # 1.12 (2018/12/02)
 
diff --git a/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md b/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
index f4463a381..f1345707c 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-ui.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
+# 1e5e30ae
+
+- on posix systems, control-z suspends the program
+
+- control-l now works everywhere and redraws more reliably
+
+- show clearer top status info
+
+- use hledger 1.12.99
+
 # 1.12.1 (2018/12/10)
 
 -   avoid build issue with brick 0.44+ (#935)
diff --git a/hledger-web/CHANGES.md b/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
index b748bea68..ed2bf092a 100644
--- a/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-web.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
+# 1e5e30ae
+
+- use hledger 1.12.99
+
 # 1.12 (2018/12/02)
 
 -   fix duplicate package.yaml keys warned about by hpack
diff --git a/hledger/CHANGES.md b/hledger/CHANGES.md
index 1e41a821d..80d7156d7 100644
--- a/hledger/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,56 @@
-User-visible changes in the hledger command line tool (and hledger-lib).
+User-visible changes in the hledger command line tool and library.
+
+
+# 1e5e30ae
+
+- journal: account directive: account sort codes like `account 1000`
+  are no longer supported. (introduced in 1.9, deprecated in 1.11)
+
+- journal: account directive: the account name can now be followed by
+  a comment on the same line
+
+- journal: account directive: account types can now be set with a
+  `type:` tag, whose value is `Asset`, `Liability`, `Equity`,
+  `Revenue`, `Expense`, `A`, `L`, `E`, `R` or `X` (case-insensitive).
+  The previous syntax (`account assets A`) is now deprecated.
+
+- journal: transaction modifiers can affect periodic transactions
+  (--auto can add postings to transactions generated with --forecast).
+  (Dmitry Astapov)
+
+- journal: fixed a periodic transaction parsing failure (Dmitry
+  Astapov)
+
+- journal: balance assertion errors now show exact amounts with all
+  decimal digits.  Previously it was possible, in case of a commodity
+  directive limiting the display precision, to have a balance
+  assertion error with asserted and actual amounts looking the
+  same. (#941)
+
+- balance --budget: budget amounts now aggregate hierarchically, like
+  account balances. Unbudgeted accounts can be shown with -E/--empty
+  (along with zero-balance accounts), and the --show-budgeted flag has
+  been dropped.  (Dmitry Astapov)
+
+- balance: a new --transpose flag switches the rows and columns of
+  tabular balance reports (in txt and csv output formats) (Dmitry
+  Astapov)
+
+- close: generated balance assertions now have exact amounts with all
+  decimal digits, ignoring display precision. Also, balance assertion
+  amounts will no longer contain prices. (#941, #824, #958)
+
+- files: added this command to the commands list
+
+- import: be silent when there's nothing to import
+
+- roi: percentages smaller than 0.01% are displayed as zero (Dmitry
+  Astapov)
+
+- stats, ui: correct file order is preserved when using --auto (#949)
+
+- comprehensive bash completion support is now provided (in the
+  hledger repo, see shell-completion/) (Jakob Schöttl)
 
 # 1.12.1 (2018/12/03)