fix linting

.github/workflows/changelog_generator.yml

@@ -82,13 +82,19 @@ jobs:
           run: |
             npm install `cat npm-requirements.txt`
         - name: Remark on autogenerated CHANGES.md
+          # first remove empty lines
+          # then run remark to re-organize
+          # replace remark's bullet list "*" with "-"
+          # final run of remark to check everything passes now
           run: |
-            head -n 100 ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md
+            head -n 25 ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md
+            sed -i '/^$/d' ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md
+            head -n 25 ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md
             npx remark-cli ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md --rc-path ${{ github.workspace }}/.remarkrc --output ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md
-            head -n 100 ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md
-            sed -i 's/*   /-   /' ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md
-            head -n 100 ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md
-            npx remark-cli ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md --frail --rc-path ${{ github.workspace }}/.remarkrc
+            head -n 25 ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md
+            sed -i 's/^* /-   /' ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md
+            head -n 25 ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md
+            npx remark-cli ~/changelog_build/CHANGES.md --rc-path ${{ github.workspace }}/.remarkrc --frail
         - name: Archive linted changelog
           uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
           with: