#659 Release 24.8.0

NEWS.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,43 @@ Release notes
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+Towncrier 24.8.0 (2024-08-23)
+=============================
+
+No changes since the previous release candidate.
+
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add ``.gitkeep`` as an ignored filename. (`#643 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/643>`_)
+- Config `ignore` option now supports wildcard matching via `fnmatch <https://docs.python.org/3/library/fnmatch.html#fnmatch.fnmatch>`_. (`#644 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/644>`_)
+- Add a config for enforcing issue names using regex. (`#649 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/649>`_)
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- The template file is now ignored based only on the file name. (`#638 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/638>`_)
+- Control of the header formatting is once again completely up to the user when they are writing markdown files (fixes a regression introduced in [#610](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/pull/610)). (`#651 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/651>`_)
+- Fixed an issue where `issue_template` failed recognizing the issue name of files with a non-category suffix (`.md`) (`#654 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/654>`_)
+- Fixed a bug where orphan news fragments (e.g. +abc1234.feature) would fail when an `issue_pattern` is configured. Orphan news fragments are now excempt from `issue_pattern` checks. (`#655 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/655>`_)
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Moved towncrier version definition from src/towncrier/_version.py to pyproject.toml
+
+  towncrier.__version__ was removed, after being deprecated in 23.6.0. (`#640 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/640>`_)
+
+
+Misc
+----
+
+- `#640 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/640>`_, `#657 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/657>`_
+
+
 Towncrier 24.7.1 (2024-07-31)
 =============================
 

RELEASE.rst

@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ In ``pyproject.toml`` the version is set using a PEP440 compliant string:
 
     version = "19.9.0rc1"
 
-Run ``venv/bin/towncrier build --yes`` to generate the news release NEWS file.
+Use `towncrier` to generate the news release NEWS file, but first,
+make sure the new version is installed::
+
+    venv/bin/pip install -e .
+    venv/bin/towncrier build --yes
+
 Commit and push to the primary repository, not a fork.
 It is important to not use a fork so that pushed tags end up in the primary repository,
 server provided secrets for publishing to PyPI are available, and maybe more.

pyproject.toml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name = "towncrier"
 # For RC    - 23.11.0rc1  (release candidate starts at 1)
 # For final - 23.11.0
 # make sure to follow PEP440
-version = "24.7.2.dev0"
+version = "24.8.0.dev0"
 description = "Building newsfiles for your project."
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = "MIT"