From fb1b05124f1070ed56231a782daee0ffce9e1372 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Thiel <sebastian.thiel@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 08:27:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] bump patch level to prepare new version

---
 VERSION                | 2 +-
 doc/source/changes.rst | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d1bf6638d..e6af1c454 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.43
+3.1.44
diff --git a/doc/source/changes.rst b/doc/source/changes.rst
index 3c903423c..00a3c660e 100644
--- a/doc/source/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/source/changes.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+3.1.44
+======
+
+See the following for all changes.
+https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.44
+
 3.1.43
 ======