From 34d49ba622dac9a47a2c11e8a6adcb5f09e77d99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rcooke <rcooke.ast@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:00:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add new release file

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 doc/whatsnew.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/whatsnew.rst b/doc/whatsnew.rst
index 85de8cae7..9313a9bfe 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ What's New in PypeIt
 
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+.. include:: releases/1.17.1dev.rst
+
+----
+
 .. include:: releases/1.17.0.rst
 
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