From f25333525425ee1497366fd300a60127aa652d79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Thiel <sebastian.thiel@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:30:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] prepare next release

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

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 51b450da3..339bdc849 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.30
+3.1.31
diff --git a/doc/source/changes.rst b/doc/source/changes.rst
index 7cd09a1c5..4ee613bcc 100644
--- a/doc/source/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/source/changes.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+3.1.31
+======
+
+See the following for all changes.
+https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitpython/milestone/61?closed=1
+
 3.1.30
 ======