From 48a20b6d1e46408794fe58e5cbdcd4a0a3a3c9c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Sirois <john.sirois@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:15:00 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare the 2.27.1 release. (#2627)

---
 CHANGES.md     | 9 +++++++++
 pex/version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index efdd30272..42db4f6da 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## 2.27.1
+
+This release fixes a bug in `PEX_ROOT` handling that could manifest
+with symlinked `HOME` dirs or more generally symlinked dirs being
+parents of the `PEX_ROOT`. Although this was claimed to be fixed in
+the Pex 2.20.4 release by #2574, there was one missing case not handled.
+
+* Ensure that the `PEX_ROOT` is always a realpath. (#2626)
+
 ## 2.27.0
 
 This release adds a Pex PEX scie for armv7l.
diff --git a/pex/version.py b/pex/version.py
index 832183f1a..61e5d7dfd 100644
--- a/pex/version.py
+++ b/pex/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Copyright 2015 Pex project contributors.
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (see LICENSE).
 
-__version__ = "2.27.0"
+__version__ = "2.27.1"