From 6f765a2028e45a14853bf06801104cc6d22e053e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Thiel <sebastian.thiel@icloud.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 08:08:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] prepare next release

---
 VERSION                | 2 +-
 doc/source/changes.rst | 6 ++++++
 git/ext/gitdb          | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1f1a39706..3fef00337 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.37
+3.1.38
diff --git a/doc/source/changes.rst b/doc/source/changes.rst
index a789b068d..431ad03e2 100644
--- a/doc/source/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/source/changes.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+3.1.38
+======
+
+See the following for all changes.
+https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.38
+
 3.1.37
 ======
 
diff --git a/git/ext/gitdb b/git/ext/gitdb
index 6a2270635..8ec23904f 160000
--- a/git/ext/gitdb
+++ b/git/ext/gitdb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6a2270635842c4287ae14d94fdc3f9e1ddd0527a
+Subproject commit 8ec23904f44fbbb9bb560b83bd891a9b48be7645