add changeset (#12198)

* add changeset

* update README about changesets based on suggestion

.changeset/README.md

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+# Changesets
+
+Hello and welcome! This folder has been automatically generated by `@changesets/cli`, a build tool that works
+with multi-package repos, or single-package repos to help you version and publish your code. You can
+find the full documentation for it [in our repository](https://github.com/changesets/changesets)
+
+We have a quick list of common questions to get you started engaging with this project in
+[our documentation](https://github.com/changesets/changesets/blob/main/docs/common-questions.md)

.changeset/config.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@changesets/[email protected]/schema.json",
+  "changelog": [
+    "@changesets/changelog-github",
+    {
+      "repo": "smartcontractkit/chainlink"
+    }
+  ],
+  "commit": false,
+  "fixed": [],
+  "linked": [],
+  "privatePackages": {
+    "version": true,
+    "tag": true
+  },
+  "access": "restricted",
+  "baseBranch": "develop",
+  "updateInternalDependencies": "patch",
+  "ignore": []
+}

.npmrc

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+auto-install-peers=true
+exclude-links-from-lockfile=true

README.md

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    Now you can run tests or compile code as usual.
 5. When you're done, stop it: `cd $PGDATA; pg_ctl -o "--unix_socket_directories='$PWD'" stop`
 
+### Changesets
+
+We use [changesets](https://github.com/changesets/changesets) to manage versioning for libs and the services.
+
+Every PR that modifies any configuration or code, should most likely accompanied by a changeset file.
+
+To install `changesets`:
+  1. Install `pnpm` if it is not already installed - [docs](https://pnpm.io/installation).
+  2. Run `pnpm install`.
+
+Either after or before you create a commit, run the `pnpm changeset` command to create an accompanying changeset entry which will reflect on the CHANGELOG for the next release.
+
 ### Tips
 
 For more tips on how to build and test Chainlink, see our [development tips page](https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/wiki/Development-Tips).

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "chainlink",
+  "version": "2.9.0",
+  "description": "node of the decentralized oracle network, bridging on and off-chain computation",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "private": true,
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+ssh://[email protected]/smartcontractkit/chainlink.git"
+  },
+  "author": "smartcontractkit",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink#readme",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@changesets/changelog-github": "^0.4.8",
+    "@changesets/cli": "~2.26.2",
+    "semver": "^7.5.4"
+  }
+}