🚨 Breaking Changes
* **CI-CD Workflow (Breaking Change)**
**Overview:**
The CI-CD workflow now assumes the changelog to be in markdown and the location `/doc/changes/change_x.y.z.md`
🐞 Fixed
* Fixed `_deny_filter` function in `exasol.toolbox._shared` module
* Fixed GitHub workflow references in `ci.yml`, ci-cd.yml` and `pr-merge.yml` workflows
* Fixed indent error/issue in `checks.yml` workflow
✨ Added
* **Added Nox Task `prepare-release`**
**Overview:**
A new Nox task, `prepare-release`, has been introduced to streamline the release preparation process. This task automates several crucial steps:
- Create a dedicated branch for the release changes.
- Transfer changes from the "Unreleased" section to the appropriate versioned changelog section.
- Update the version number to the next release.
- Initiate a Pull Request (PR) for review and integration into the main branch.
**Usage:**
To prepare a release, simply execute a command in your terminal like in the example below:
shell