towncrier 23.6.0rc1 (2023-06-05)

Features

- Make ``towncrier create`` use the fragment counter rather than failing

on existing fragment names.

For example, if there is an existing fragment named ``123.feature``,

then ``towncrier create 123.feature`` will now create a fragment

named ``123.feature.1``. (`#475 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/475>`_)

- Provide a default Markdown template if the configured filename ends with ``.md``.

The Markdown template uses the same rendered format as the default *reStructuredText* template, but with a Markdown syntax. (`#483 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/483>`_)

- Towncrier no longer depends on setuptools & uses importlib.resources (or its backport) instead. (`#496 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/496>`_)

- Added pre-commit hooks for checking and updating news in projects using pre-commit. (`#498 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/498>`_)

- Calling ``towncrier check`` without an existing configuration, will just show only an error message.

In previous versions, a traceback was generated instead of the error message. (`#501 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/501>`_)

Bugfixes

- Fix creating fragment in a section not adding random characters.

For example, ``towncrier create some_section/+.feature`` should end up as a fragment named something like ``news/some_section/+a4e22da1.feature``. (`#468 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/468>`_)

- Fix the ReadTheDocs build for ``towncrier`` which was broken due to the python version in use being 3.8. Upgrade to 3.11. (`#509 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/509>`_)

Improved Documentation

- Moved man page to correct section (`#470 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/470>`_)

- Update link to Quick Start in configuration.html to point to Tutorial instead. (`#504 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/504>`_)

- Add a note about the build command's ``--version`` requiring the command to be explicitly passed. (`#511 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/511>`_)

- Fix typos in the Pre-Commit docs. (`#512 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/512>`_)

- (`#513 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/513>`_)

Misc

- `#459 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/459>`_, `#462 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/462>`_, `#472 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/472>`_, `#485 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/485>`_, `#486 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/486>`_, `#487 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/487>`_, `#488 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/488>`_, `#495 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/495>`_, `#497 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/497>`_, `#507 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/507>`_, `#1117 <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/1117>`_

__version__ = Version("towncrier", 23, 6, 0, release_candidate=1)