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-## [v0.2.40](https://github.com/chizmw/botc-custom-script-json2pdf/releases/tag/0.2.40) (2023-07-18)
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-## [v0.2.41](https://github.com/chizmw/botc-custom-script-json2pdf/releases/tag/0.2.41) (2023-07-21)
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-### Added
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-* fetch updated upstream data (incl. harpy)
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-## [v0.2.42](https://github.com/chizmw/botc-custom-script-json2pdf/releases/tag/0.2.42) (2023-07-21)
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-## [v0.2.43](https://github.com/chizmw/botc-custom-script-json2pdf/releases/tag/0.2.43) (2023-07-22)
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-### Added
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-* add workflow to run python tests
-* use blocking concurrency with terraform-serverless-deploy workflow
-* poetry add pytest
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-* Replaced unittest with pytest
-* update/refactor ScriptOptions
-* replace (deprecated) pkg_resources with importlib.meta
-* update ScriptOptions to use @property
-* use latest upstream combined data
-* feat: add updated upstream data (incl. harpy)
-* update tests for external data
-### Fixed
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-* use 'pytest' not 'py.test'
-* remove duplicates 'concurrency' in terraform-serverless-deploy.yml
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-## [v0.2.44](https://github.com/chizmw/botc-custom-script-json2pdf/releases/tag/0.2.44) (2023-07-24)
-
-### Dependencies
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-* run: poetry update
-* run: pre-commit autoupdate
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-## [v0.2.45](https://github.com/chizmw/botc-custom-script-json2pdf/releases/tag/0.2.45) (2023-07-24)
-
-### Dependencies
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-* Bump actions/setup-python from 3 to 4
-    [#177]
-    (https://github.com/chizmw/botc-custom-script-json2pdf/issues/177)
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-## [v0.2.46](https://github.com/chizmw/botc-custom-script-json2pdf/releases/tag/0.2.46) (2023-08-26)
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-### Added
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-* feat: add bootlegger and plaguedoctor (upstream data update)
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-## [v0.2.47](https://github.com/chizmw/botc-custom-script-json2pdf/releases/tag/0.2.47) (2023-08-26)
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-### Fixed
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-* fix: add mising icons: bootlegger and plaguedoctor
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-## [v0.2.48](https://github.com/chizmw/botc-custom-script-json2pdf/releases/tag/0.2.48) (2023-08-26)