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diff --git a/pkg/release_notes/release_notes.go b/pkg/release_notes/release_notes.go
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+package release_notes
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Represents the JSON structure of a GitHub release
+type Release struct {
+	Name        string `json:"name"`
+	PublishedAt string `json:"published_at"`
+	Body        string `json:"body"`
+}
+
+// Fetches the last 5 releases from the lazygit repository and returns the information as a string
+func GetLazyGitReleases() (string, error) {
+	url := "https://api.github.com/repos/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases?per_page=5"
+
+	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var releases []Release
+	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &releases)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var sb strings.Builder
+
+	sb.WriteString("_These are the latest release notes for lazygit. They are pulled straight from GitHub so if you're not on the latest version, you can see what you're missing out on!_\n\n")
+
+	for _, release := range releases {
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("# Version %s\n\n", release.Name))
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("_Released on %s_\n", formatDate(release.PublishedAt)))
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", release.Body))
+		sb.WriteString("--------------------------------------------------\n")
+	}
+
+	return sb.String(), nil
+}
+
+func formatDate(dateStr string) string {
+	parsedDate, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, dateStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "Unknown date"
+	}
+
+	day := fmt.Sprintf("%d", parsedDate.Day())
+	switch day {
+	case "1", "21", "31":
+		day += "st"
+	case "2", "22":
+		day += "nd"
+	case "3", "23":
+		day += "rd"
+	default:
+		day += "th"
+	}
+
+	return parsedDate.Format("January " + day + " 2006")
+}