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 Release Notes
 =============
 
+pkgdev 0.1.7 (2021-06-29)
+-------------------------
+
+- pkgdev commit: Add all matching pkg versions to historical repo (#40).
+
+- pkgdev commit: Use ``git diff-index`` instead of ``git diff`` to avoid config
+  settings affecting output.
+
 pkgdev 0.1.6 (2021-06-11)
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