diff --git a/hack/gh_release_to_obs_changeset.py b/hack/gh_release_to_obs_changeset.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import textwrap
+import urllib.request
+import urllib.error
+from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timezone
+import tempfile
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Add a GitHub release to an RPM changelog", usage=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+parser.add_argument("repo", help="GitHub repository (owner/name)")
+parser.add_argument("-t", "--tag", help="A specific Git tag to get; if none, latest will be used")
+parser.add_argument("-a", "--author", help="The author of the RPM changelog entry")
+parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", help="Prepend the new changelog entry to file instead of printing in stdout")
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+    parser.print_help(sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+releaseSegment = f"/tags/{args.tag}" if args.tag else "/latest"
+url = f'https://api.github.com/repos/{args.repo}/releases{releaseSegment}'
+
+request = urllib.request.Request(url)
+
+githubToken = os.getenv("GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN")
+if githubToken:
+    request.add_header("Authorization", "token " + githubToken)
+
+try:
+    response = urllib.request.urlopen(request)
+except urllib.error.HTTPError as error:
+    if error.code == 404:
+        print(f"Release {args.tag} not found in {args.repo}. Skipping changelog generation.")
+        sys.exit(0)
+    print(f"GitHub API responded with a {error.code} error!", file=sys.stderr)
+    print("Url:", url, file=sys.stderr)
+    print("Response:", json.dumps(json.load(error), indent=4), file=sys.stderr, sep="\n")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+release = json.load(response)
+
+releaseDate = datetime.strptime(release['published_at'], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ").replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+
+with tempfile.TemporaryFile("r+") as temp:
+    print("-------------------------------------------------------------------", file=temp)
+
+    print(f"{releaseDate.strftime('%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y')}", end="", file=temp)
+    if args.author:
+        print(f" - {args.author}", end="", file=temp)
+    print("\n", file=temp)
+
+    print(f"- Release {args.tag}", end="", file=temp)
+    if release['name'] and release['name'] != args.tag:
+        print(f" - {release['name']}", end="", file=temp)
+    print("\n", file=temp)
+
+    if release['body']:
+        print(textwrap.indent(release['body'], "  "), file=temp, end="\n\n")
+    temp.seek(0)
+
+    if args.file:
+        try:
+            with open(args.file, "r") as prev:
+                old = prev.read()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            old = ""
+        with open(args.file, "w") as new:
+            for line in temp:
+                new.write(line)
+            new.write(old)
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    print(temp.read())