From 47d0f297db6cc8b27208847d688ae2872cc4201d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Donald Campbell <125581724+donaldcampbelljr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:42:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update for pre-release 2.0.0a3

---
 docs/changelog.md      | 7 +++++++
 looper/_version.py     | 2 +-
 looper/cli_pydantic.py | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 662481f5..c13d0b07 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) and [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format.
 
+## [2.0.0a3] -- 2024-12-30
+
+- fix [#536](https://github.com/pepkit/looper/issues/536)
+- fix [#522](https://github.com/pepkit/looper/issues/522)
+- fix [#537](https://github.com/pepkit/looper/issues/537)
+- fix [#534](https://github.com/pepkit/looper/issues/534)
+
 ## [2.0.0a2] -- 2024-09-30
 
 This release breaks backwards compatibility for Looper versions < 2.0.0
diff --git a/looper/_version.py b/looper/_version.py
index 05c48b5c..15d9896c 100644
--- a/looper/_version.py
+++ b/looper/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = "2.0.0a2"
+__version__ = "2.0.0a3"
 # You must change the version in parser = pydantic_argparse.ArgumentParser in cli_pydantic.py!!!
diff --git a/looper/cli_pydantic.py b/looper/cli_pydantic.py
index 9c66f794..00cf3071 100644
--- a/looper/cli_pydantic.py
+++ b/looper/cli_pydantic.py
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def main(test_args=None) -> dict:
         prog="looper",
         description="Looper: A job submitter for Portable Encapsulated Projects",
         add_help=True,
-        version="2.0.0a2",
+        version="2.0.0a3",
     )
 
     parser = add_short_arguments(parser, ArgumentEnum)