Can't add an changelog description - fdroid repo fdroidserver

[LeonPetter]

Hello there,
I try to create an changelog for my app repo. Now I added the following to my fdroid/metadata/ch.example.com.yml:

Name: "Test"
Summary: "Secure and private app."
Description: |
  A beta app focused on privacy and security.
AuthorName: "Leon Petter"
Changelog: "changelogs/en/changelog.txt"

the changelog is in the folder fdroid/changelogs.
Now, when I do an fdroid update --create-metadata the following error appears:
CRITICAL: 'changelogs/en/changelog.txt' is not a valid HTTP link in ch.edward.app. Regex pattern: ^http[s]?://

I don’t understand the error above. Why should it be an http link? I tought it need to be an textfile.
Please could someone help me?

Thank you

[Licaon_Kter]

As the error says, you serve the changelog via a link… it needs to be a link https://..., not a local file

[LeonPetter]

Thank you for your answer.
Now I can see it, but I am sorry, I meant the “what’s new” section inside the description. Do you have any info about that and how to create it? Thanks and sorry for my misunderstanding.

[Izzy]

That works via Fastlane structures (see my Fastlane Cheat Sheet for guidance). Assuming you’re talking about your own repo, those changelogs would be inside metadata/ch.example.com/en-US/changelogs/<versionCode>.txt (replace <versionCode> with the versionCode of the release they refer to and make sure the file holds no more than 500 chars; everything beyond that would be truncated).