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-Change to using copier template for repository setup
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-Fix codecov badge and configuration after switching default branch to main
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-Move docs on design decisions out of `src/openscm_units/_unit_registry.py` into a dedicated notebook
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-Move `unit_registry` from `src/openscm_units/_unit_registry.py` into `openscm_units/__init__.py`.
-This seems to be necessary to make the docs appear correctly without hacks (see [this issue](https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/8547)).
-This does not affect users of the public API hence is a trivial change.
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@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ of rst and use slightly different categories.
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## openscm-units v0.5.3 (2023-12-06)
+
+
+### Improved Documentation
+
+- Move docs on design decisions out of `src/openscm_units/_unit_registry.py` into a dedicated notebook ([#47](https://github.com/openscm/openscm-units/pulls/47))
+
+### Trivial/Internal Changes
+
+- [#44](https://github.com/openscm/openscm-units/pulls/44), [#46](https://github.com/openscm/openscm-units/pulls/46), [#47](https://github.com/openscm/openscm-units/pulls/47)
+
+
 ## openscm-units 0.5.2
 
 - Fixed broken definition of ppm, caused by regression in Pint where [\'ppm\' was added to Pint](https://github.com/hgrecco/pint/pull/1661) ([#40](https://github.com/openscm/openscm-units/pull/40))
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 [tool.poetry]
 name = "openscm-units"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 description = "Handling of units related to simple climate modelling."
 authors = [
     "Zebedee Nicholls <zebedee.nicholls@climate-energy-college.org>",