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De-duplicate & expand docs #435

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@hynek hynek commented Sep 28, 2022

Sorry, this is another big one 😇

I think our docs are our weakest point and the sole reason, why towncrier isn't more widely used.

There's tons of duplication, missing information and flat-out lies.

I would love to write a how-to for #128 but this needs some more big-picture work.

Here's some more notes:

  • I have replaced the badges with something that is actually useful to the users. The codecov badge even was lying about 98%. We don't need a CI status badge anymore, there's a green checkmark in the GitHub UI nowadays.
  • I'm sorry for the Queen, but I've killed a bunch of British English, because the rest is in American English too.
  • I've switched the docs to Furo, because it's not 2010 anymore.
  • I've renamed the quickstart to tutorial, to be more in line with common terms and with https://diataxis.fr which is fantastic.
  • I've reordered the reference a bit, because configuration comes before customization.
  • I've also split it into Narrative, Reference and Development in the hopes that someone (possibly me) fills more of the narrative. :)
  • The configuration docs need a lot more polish, but I had to draw a line somewhere.
  • I've added CLI reference; we should expand it.

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Docs at https://towncrier--435.org.readthedocs.build/en/435/ are awesome

I will not have time soon to look into the details of this, but I think is best to have this merged.

If anything needs improvements we can create smaller PRs for that change and discuss it.


I agree that the current docs are a mess, so this looks so much better.

Thanks for https://diataxis.fr/
I wasn't aware of it.

Again
Awesome work!

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* [ ] Create a file in `src/towncrier/newsfragments/`. Describe your
change and include important information. Your change will be included in the public release notes.
* [ ] Make sure all GitHub Actions checks are green (they are automatically checking all of the above).
* [ ] Ensure `docs/tutorial.rst` is still up-to-date.
* [ ] If you add new **CLI arguments** (or change the meaning of existing ones), make sure `docs/cli.rst` reflects those changes.
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I think this ok for now.

In the future maybe we can use something like https://pypi.org/project/sphinx-click/ to automatically keep the reference up to date.

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Yes and no…I think the reference docs should do more than parroting --help output. Maybe some kind of combination idk.

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I agree that in the docs we can do more than copy/pasting --help

But we should make sure the --help output is useful and can serve as documentation.

Having all the --help output in the docs can serve as a base-line.

But if there is anyting important, I would prefer to have it inside the --help output and not keep it only for the HTML docs :)

I use the --help command more often than checking the HTML / narrative docs for a project.

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Thanks for the quick review Adi! Hope this lays the ground for better docs in the future!

acabarbaye pushed a commit to ARMmbed/continuous-delivery-scripts that referenced this pull request Dec 22, 2022
Bumps [towncrier](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier) from 22.8.0 to
22.12.0.
<details>
<summary>Release notes</summary>
<p><em>Sourced from <a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/releases">towncrier's
releases</a>.</em></p>
<blockquote>
<h2>Towncrier 22.12.0</h2>
<h1>towncrier 22.12.0 (2022-12-21)</h1>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Added <code>--keep</code> option to the <code>build</code> command
that allows generating a newsfile, but keeps the newsfragments in place.
This option can not be used together with <code>--yes</code>.
(<code>[#129](twisted/towncrier#129)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/129&gt;</code>_)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Python 3.11 is now officially supported.
(<code>[#427](twisted/towncrier#427)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/427&gt;</code>_)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>You can now create fragments that are not associated with issues.
Start the name of the fragment with <code>+</code> (e.g.
<code>+anything.feature</code>).
The content of these orphan news fragments will be included in the
release notes, at the end of the category corresponding to the file
extension.</p>
<p>To help quickly create a unique orphan news fragment, <code>towncrier
create +.feature</code> will append a random string to the base name of
the file, to avoid name collisions.
(<code>[#428](twisted/towncrier#428)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/428&gt;</code>_)</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Improved Documentation</h2>
<ul>
<li>Improved contribution documentation.
(<code>[#415](twisted/towncrier#415)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/415&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Correct a typo in the readme that incorrectly documented custom
fragments in a format that does not work.
(<code>[#424](twisted/towncrier#424)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/424&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>The documentation has been restructured and (hopefully) improved.
(<code>[#435](twisted/towncrier#435)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/435&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Added a Markdown-based how-to guide.
(<code>[#436](twisted/towncrier#436)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/436&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Defining custom fragments using a TOML array is not deprecated
anymore. (<code>[#438](twisted/towncrier#438)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/438&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Deprecations and Removals</h2>
<ul>
<li>Default branch for <code>towncrier check</code> is now
&quot;origin/main&quot; instead of &quot;origin/master&quot;.
If &quot;origin/main&quot; does not exist, fallback to
&quot;origin/master&quot; with a deprecation warning.
(<code>[#400](twisted/towncrier#400)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/400&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>22.12.0rc1</h2>
<h1>towncrier 22.12.0rc1 (2022-12-20)</h1>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Added <code>--keep</code> option to the <code>build</code> command
that allows generating a newsfile, but keeps the newsfragments in place.
This option can not be used together with <code>--yes</code>.
(<code>[#129](twisted/towncrier#129)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/129&gt;</code>_)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Python 3.11 is now officially supported.
(<code>[#427](twisted/towncrier#427)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/427&gt;</code>_)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>You can now create fragments that are not associated with issues.
Start the name of the fragment with <code>+</code> (e.g.
<code>+anything.feature</code>).
The content of these orphan news fragments will be included in the
release notes, at the end of the category corresponding to the file
extension.</p>
<p>To help quickly create a unique orphan news fragment, <code>towncrier
create +.feature</code> will append a random string to the base name of
the file, to avoid name collisions.
(<code>[#428](twisted/towncrier#428)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/428&gt;</code>_)</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Improved Documentation</h2>
<!-- raw HTML omitted -->
</blockquote>
<p>... (truncated)</p>
</details>
<details>
<summary>Changelog</summary>
<p><em>Sourced from <a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/blob/trunk/NEWS.rst">towncrier's
changelog</a>.</em></p>
<blockquote>
<h1>towncrier 22.12.0 (2022-12-21)</h1>
<p>No changes since the previous release candidate.</p>
<h1>towncrier 22.12.0rc1 (2022-12-20)</h1>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Added <code>--keep</code> option to the <code>build</code> command
that allows generating a newsfile, but keeps the newsfragments in place.
This option can not be used together with <code>--yes</code>.
(<code>[#129](twisted/towncrier#129)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/129&gt;</code>_)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Python 3.11 is now officially supported.
(<code>[#427](twisted/towncrier#427)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/427&gt;</code>_)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>You can now create fragments that are not associated with issues.
Start the name of the fragment with <code>+</code> (e.g.
<code>+anything.feature</code>).
The content of these orphan news fragments will be included in the
release notes, at the end of the category corresponding to the file
extension.</p>
<p>To help quickly create a unique orphan news fragment, <code>towncrier
create +.feature</code> will append a random string to the base name of
the file, to avoid name collisions.
(<code>[#428](twisted/towncrier#428)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/428&gt;</code>_)</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Improved Documentation</h2>
<ul>
<li>Improved contribution documentation.
(<code>[#415](twisted/towncrier#415)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/415&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Correct a typo in the readme that incorrectly documented custom
fragments in a format that does not work.
(<code>[#424](twisted/towncrier#424)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/424&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>The documentation has been restructured and (hopefully) improved.
(<code>[#435](twisted/towncrier#435)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/435&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Added a Markdown-based how-to guide.
(<code>[#436](twisted/towncrier#436)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/436&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Defining custom fragments using a TOML array is not deprecated
anymore. (<code>[#438](twisted/towncrier#438)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/438&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Deprecations and Removals</h2>
<ul>
<li>Default branch for <code>towncrier check</code> is now
&quot;origin/main&quot; instead of &quot;origin/master&quot;.
If &quot;origin/main&quot; does not exist, fallback to
&quot;origin/master&quot; with a deprecation warning.
(<code>[#400](twisted/towncrier#400)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/400&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Misc</h2>
<ul>
<li><code>[#406](twisted/towncrier#406)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/406&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#408](twisted/towncrier#408)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/408&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#411](twisted/towncrier#411)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/411&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#412](twisted/towncrier#412)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/412&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#413](twisted/towncrier#413)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/413&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#414](twisted/towncrier#414)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/414&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#416](twisted/towncrier#416)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/416&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#418](twisted/towncrier#418)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/418&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#419](twisted/towncrier#419)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/419&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#421](twisted/towncrier#421)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/421&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#429](twisted/towncrier#429)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/429&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#430](twisted/towncrier#430)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/430&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#431](twisted/towncrier#431)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/431&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#434](twisted/towncrier#434)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/434&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#446](twisted/towncrier#446)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/446&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#447](twisted/towncrier#447)
&lt;https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/447&gt;</code></em></li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</details>
<details>
<summary>Commits</summary>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/b0e201f8d84819f0e5604e0cb029fb3b8b4cf2df"><code>b0e201f</code></a>
RST is hard.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/2c611bebcd3c7661bd406d227aadf3b72d2927de"><code>2c611be</code></a>
Fix rst format.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/76a20070cc57f00eedca2cac5551a5b2cbf9d0f4"><code>76a2007</code></a>
Fix typo.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/62feaf664badc09f0082185c4950876a521f019e"><code>62feaf6</code></a>
Update version for final release.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/fbc4f1f25570a8406c88a4da4a75ce745631b4d2"><code>fbc4f1f</code></a>
Quick fix for incremental rc version normalization.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/26a5eba8116df4516c646c748a51bbbfdb3fe50c"><code>26a5eba</code></a>
Try latest incremental since a test is failing.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/7cbec75915dafc43471b27e2179767b3cf49d982"><code>7cbec75</code></a>
Create rc1.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/3859e58402986c181faa7f09c846b0873c62fb86"><code>3859e58</code></a>
[pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (<a
href="https://github-redirect.dependabot.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/452">#452</a>)</li>
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Revert Generate coverage reports using only GitHub Actions (<a
href="https://github-redirect.dependabot.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/455">#455</a>)</li>
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towncrier 22.12.0 (2022-12-21)
==============================

No changes since the previous release candidate.

towncrier 22.12.0rc1 (2022-12-20)
=================================

Features
--------

- Added ``--keep`` option to the ``build`` command that allows generating a newsfile, but keeps the newsfragments in place.
  This option can not be used together with ``--yes``. (`#129 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/129>`_)
- Python 3.11 is now officially supported. (`#427 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/427>`_)
- You can now create fragments that are not associated with issues. Start the name of the fragment with ``+`` (e.g. ``+anything.feature``).
  The content of these orphan news fragments will be included in the release notes, at the end of the category corresponding to the file extension.

  To help quickly create a unique orphan news fragment, ``towncrier create +.feature`` will append a random string to the base name of the file, to avoid name collisions. (`#428 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/428>`_)

Improved Documentation
----------------------

- Improved contribution documentation. (`#415 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/415>`_)
- Correct a typo in the readme that incorrectly documented custom fragments in a format that does not work. (`#424 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/424>`_)
- The documentation has been restructured and (hopefully) improved. (`#435 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/435>`_)
- Added a Markdown-based how-to guide. (`#436 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/436>`_)
- Defining custom fragments using a TOML array is not deprecated anymore. (`#438 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/438>`_)

Deprecations and Removals
-------------------------

- Default branch for `towncrier check` is now "origin/main" instead of "origin/master".
  If "origin/main" does not exist, fallback to "origin/master" with a deprecation warning. (`#400 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/400>`_)

Misc
----

- `#406 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/406>`_, `#408 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/408>`_, `#411 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/411>`_, `#412 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/412>`_, `#413 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/413>`_, `#414 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/414>`_, `#416 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/416>`_, `#418 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/418>`_, `#419 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/419>`_, `#421 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/421>`_, `#429 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/429>`_, `#430 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/430>`_, `#431 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/431>`_, `#434 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/434>`_, `#446 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/446>`_, `#447 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/447>`_

towncrier 22.8.0 (2022-08-29)
=============================

No significant changes since the previous release candidate.

towncrier 22.8.0.rc1 (2022-08-28)
=================================

Features
--------

- Make the check subcommand succeed for branches that change the news file

  This should enable the ``check`` subcommand to be used as a CI lint step and
  not fail when a pull request only modifies the configured news file (i.e. when
  the news file is being assembled for the next release). (`#337 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/337>`_)
- Added support to tables in toml settings, which provides a more intuitive
  way to configure custom types. (`#369 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/369>`_)
- The `towncrier create` command line now has a new `-m TEXT` argument that is used to define the content of the newly created fragment. (`#374 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/374>`_)

Bugfixes
--------

- The extra newline between the title and rendered content when using ``--draft`` is no longer inserted. (`#105 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/105>`_)
- The detection of duplicate release notes was fixed and recording changes of same version is no longer triggered.

  Support for having the release notes for each version in a separate file is working again. This is a regression introduced in VERSION 19.9.0rc1. (`#391 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/391>`_)

Improved Documentation
----------------------

- Improve ``CONTRIBUTING.rst`` and add PR template. (`#342 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/342>`_)
- Move docs too the main branch and document custom fragment types. (`#367 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/367>`_)
- The CLI help messages were updated to contain more information. (`#384 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/384>`_)

Deprecations and Removals
-------------------------

- Support for all Python versions older than 3.7 has been dropped. (`#378 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/378>`_)

Misc
----

- `#292 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/292>`_, `#330 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/330>`_, `#366 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/366>`_, `#376 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/376>`_, `#377 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/377>`_, `#380 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/380>`_, `#381 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/381>`_, `#382 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/382>`_, `#383 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/383>`_, `#393 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/393>`_, `#399 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/399>`_, `#402 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/402>`_

towncrier 21.9.0 (2022-02-04)
=============================

Features
--------

- towncrier --version` was added to the command line interface to show the product version. (`#339 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/339>`_)
- Support Toml v1 syntax with tomli on Python 3.6+ (`#354 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/354>`_)

Bugfixes
--------

- Stop writing title twice when ``title_format`` is specified. (`#346 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/346>`_)
- Disable universal newlines when reading TOML (`#359 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/359>`_)

Misc
----

- `#332 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/332>`_, `#333 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/333>`_, `#334 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/334>`_, `#338 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/338>`_

towncrier 21.3.0 (2021-04-02)
=============================

No significant changes since the previous release candidate.

towncrier 21.3.0.rc1 (2021-03-21)
=================================

Features
--------

- Ticket number from file names will be stripped down to avoid ticket links such as ``#7``. (`#126 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/126>`_)
- Allow definition of the project ``version`` and ``name`` in the configuration file.
  This allows use of towncrier seamlessly with non-Python projects. (`#165 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/165>`_)
- Improve news fragment file name parsing to allow using file names like
  ``123.feature.1.ext`` which are convenient when one wants to use an appropriate
  extension (e.g. ``rst``, ``md``) to enable syntax highlighting. (`#173 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/173>`_)
- The new ``--edit`` option of the ``create`` subcommand launches an editor for entering the contents of the newsfragment. (`#275 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/275>`_)
- CPython 3.8 and 3.9 are now part of our automated test matrix and are officially supported. (`#291 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/291>`_)
- When searching for the project, first check for an existing importable instance.
  This helps if the version is only available in the installed version and not the source. (`#297 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/297>`_)
- Support building with PEP 517. (`#314 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/314>`_)

Bugfixes
--------

- Configuration errors found during command line execution now trigger a message to stderr and no longer show a traceback. (`#84 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/84>`_)
- A configuration error is triggered when the newsfragment files couldn't be discovered. (`#85 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/85>`_)
- Invoking towncrier as `python -m towncrier` works. (`#163 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/163>`_)
- ``check`` subcommand defaults to UTF-8 encoding when ``sys.stdout.encoding`` is ``None``.
  This happens, for example, with Python 2 on GitHub Actions or when the output is piped. (`#175 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/175>`_)
- Specifying ``title_format`` disables default top line creation to avoid duplication. (`#180 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/180>`_)

Improved Documentation
----------------------

- The README now mentions the possibility to name the configuration file
  ``towncrier.toml`` (in addition to ``pyproject.toml``). (`#172 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/172>`_)
- ``start_line`` corrected to ``start_string`` in the readme to match the long standing implementation. (`#277 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/277>`_)

towncrier 19.9.0 (2021-03-20)
=============================

No significant changes.

towncrier 19.9.0rc1 (2019-09-16)
================================

Features
--------

- Add ``create`` subcommand, which can be used to quickly create a news
  fragment command in the location defined by config. (`#4 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/4>`_)
- Add support for subcommands, meaning the functionality of the ``towncrier``
  executable is now replaced by the ``build`` subcommand::

      $ towncrier build --draft

  A new ``check`` subcommand is exposed. This is an alternative to calling the
  ``towncrier.check`` module manually::

      $ towncrier check

  Calling ``towncrier`` without a subcommand will result in a call to the
  ``build`` subcommand to ensure backwards compatibility. This may be removed in a
  future release. (`#144 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/144>`_)
- Towncrier's templating now allows configuration of the version header. *CUSTOM TEMPLATE USERS PLEASE NOTE: You will need to add the version header information to your template!* (`#147 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/147>`_)
- towncrier now accepts the --config argument to specify a custom configuration file (`#157 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/157>`_)
- There is now the option for ``all_bullets = false`` in the configuration.
  Setting ``all_bullets`` to false means that news fragments have to include
  the bullet point if they should be rendered as enumerations, otherwise
  they are rendered directly (this means fragments can include a header.).
  It is necessary to set this option to avoid (incorrect) automatic indentation
  of multiline fragments that do not include bullet points.
  The ``single-file-no-bullets.rst`` template gives an example of
  using these options. (`#158 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/158>`_)
- The ``single_file`` option can now be added to the configuration file. When set to ``true``, the filename key can now be formattable with the ``name``, ``version``, and ``project_date`` format variables. This allows subsequent versions to be written out to new files instead of appended to an existing one. (`#161 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/161>`_)
- You can now specify Towncrier-bundled templates in your configuration file. Available templates are `default`, `hr-between-versions` (as used in attrs), and `single-file-no-bullets`. (`#162 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/162>`_)

Bugfixes
--------

- Accept newsfragment filenames with multiple dots, like `fix-1.2.3.bugfix`. (`#142 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/142>`_)

Deprecations and Removals
-------------------------

- The `--pyproject` option for `towncrier check` is now replaced with `--config`, for consistency with other commands. (`#162 <https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/issues/162>`_)
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