[Automated] Merged prep-release/1.8.0rc1_8978668379 into target 1.8.l…

…atest during release process

.bumpversion.cfg

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.8.0b4
+current_version = 1.8.0rc1
 parse = (?P<major>[\d]+) # major version number
 	\.(?P<minor>[\d]+) # minor version number
 	\.(?P<patch>[\d]+) # patch version number

.changes/1.8.0-rc1.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+## dbt-snowflake 1.8.0-rc1 - May 07, 2024

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 - "Breaking changes" listed under a version may require action from end users or external maintainers when upgrading to that version.
 - Do not edit this file directly. This file is auto-generated using [changie](https://github.com/miniscruff/changie). For details on how to document a change, see [the contributing guide](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-changelog-entry)
 
+## dbt-snowflake 1.8.0-rc1 - May 07, 2024
+
+
+
 ## dbt-snowflake 1.8.0-b4 - May 06, 2024
 
 ### Fixes
@@ -19,8 +23,6 @@
 - Bump actions/setup-python from 4 to 5 ([#973](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/pull/973))
 - Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 ([#974](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/pull/974))
 
-
-
 ## dbt-snowflake 1.8.0-b3 - April 17, 2024
 
 ### Features

dbt/adapters/snowflake/__version__.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.8.0b4"
+version = "1.8.0rc1"

setup.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def _get_plugin_version_dict():
 
 
 package_name = "dbt-snowflake"
-package_version = "1.8.0b4"
+package_version = "1.8.0rc1"
 description = """The Snowflake adapter plugin for dbt"""
 
 setup(