diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 998df14d5..962c96a8b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ app/gradlew
 app/gradlew.bat
 app/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
 
+# related to release notes
+app/src/prodRelease/play/release-notes/*
+
 #related to OpenCV
 /libraries/opencv/build
 app/src/main/jniLibs
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 42a962b93..ebde2a54f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ before_script:
 script:
 - "./gradlew clean check connectedCheck jacocoTestReport"
 - if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ]; then
+  git log --pretty=format:"%s" HEAD^..HEAD > app/src/prodRelease/play/release-notes/en-US/default.txt
   ./gradlew publishProdReleaseApk;
   fi
 after_success: