You aren't giving us enough context to know whether that changelog requirement is a good one or not. But if your team has agreed on the process, either convince them to change the process, or try to understand why your (hopefully reasonable and competent) colleagues believe it's necessary.
what if your team is dominated by process people.
> try to understand why your (hopefully reasonable and competent) colleagues believe it's necessary.
only explanation that everyone agreed to was that "it makes it easier to see what changed"
If that's not your jam, consider a new job.
> only explanation that everyone agreed to was that "it makes it easier to see what changed"
Maybe it's safety critical software or there are downstream clients? Maybe it's open source? Maybe it's not actually every PR and we have an unreliable narrator? The post did start with "I hate process people", after all.
For what it's worth, I'm notoriously not a process person. But I've seen and respect stability they can bring to a team and product
I am currently working on team that one guys rejects every single PR that doesn't also come with a description of change in Changelog.md .