change log added

Author: yazhinia

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.0] - 2026-01-05
+### Added
+- New **parallel clique-based dereplication workflow** (from `parallel-cliques` branch) to improve scalability on large connected components
+- `--anifile` command-line option to directly use existing skani output (avoids repeated skani runs if user wants to dereplicate genomes under different quality and ANI thresholds)
+- `-a`/`--alignedfrac` command-line option to apply a fraction-aligned threshold when detecting redundant genomic pairs
+
+### Changed
+- Final dereplication step in **no-reassembly mode** now reuses the original skani output instead of rerunning skani
+- Minor refactoring to improve code readability
+
+### Performance
+- Benchmarked MAGmax performance against *Galah*
+
 ## [1.1.0] - 2025-08-26
 ### Added
 - New feature: `no-reassembly` command-line option.