From fd924c5f78172733881854a0f671e8250e760ca6 2021-12-10 18:41:12
From: Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
Date: 2021-12-10 18:41:12
Subject: [PATCH] release 8.0.0a1

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diff --git a/IPython/core/release.py b/IPython/core/release.py
index 402c2ed..3136510 100644
--- a/IPython/core/release.py
+++ b/IPython/core/release.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ _version_minor = 0
 _version_patch = 0
 _version_extra = '.dev'
 # _version_extra = 'b1'
-# _version_extra = ''  # Uncomment this for full releases
+_version_extra = "a1"  # Uncomment this for full releases
 
 # Construct full version string from these.
 _ver = [_version_major, _version_minor, _version_patch]