-------------------
You can view the `3.8.1 milestone`_ on GitLab for more details.
Bugs Fixed
~~~~~~~~~~
- Fix ``--output-file`` (regression in 3.8.0) (See also `GitLab!427`_,
`GitLab637`_)
.. all links
.. _3.8.1 milestone:
 https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/milestones/34
.. issue links
.. _GitLab637:
 https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/issues/637
.. merge request links
.. _GitLab!427:
 https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/merge_requests/427

-------------------
You can view the `3.8.0 milestone`_ on GitLab for more details.
Bugs Fixed
~~~~~~~~~~
- Fix logical checks which report positions out of bounds (See also
`GitLab!422`_, `GitLab635`_)
- Fix ``--exclude=.*`` accidentally matching ``.`` and ``..`` (See also
`GitLab!424`_, `GitLab632`_)
Deprecations
~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add deprecation message for vcs hooks (See also `GitLab!420`_,
`GitLab568`_)

---------------------
You can view the `3.8.0 milestone`_ on GitLab for more details.
Bugs Fixed
~~~~~~~~~~
- Fix ``type="str"`` optparse options (See also `GitLab!419`_)

---------------------
You can view the `3.8.0 milestone`_ on GitLab for more details.
New Dependency Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Remove dependency on ``entrypoints`` and add dependency on
``importlib-metadata`` (only for ``python<3.8``) (See also `GitLab!388`_,
`GitLab569`_)
- Pyflakes has been updated to >= 2.2.0, < 2.3.0 (See also `GitLab!417`_)
- pycodestyle has been updated to >= 2.6.0a1, < 2.7.0 (See also `GitLab!418`_)
Features
~~~~~~~~
- Add ``--extend-exclude`` option to add to ``--exclude`` without overwriting
(See also `GitLab!315`_, `GitLab535`_)
- Move argument parsing from ``optparse`` to ``argparse`` (See also
`GitLab!341`_
- Group plugin options in ``--help`` (See also `GitLab!342`_, `GitLab565`_)
- Remove parsing of ``verbose`` from configuration files as it was not
consistently applied (See also `GitLab!360`_, `GitLab439`_)
- Remove parsing of ``output_file`` from configuration files as it was not
consistently applied (See also `GitLab!361`_)
- Resolve configuration files relative to ``cwd`` instead of common prefix of
passed filenames. You may need to change ``flake8 subproject`` to
``cd subproject && flake8 .`` (See also `GitLab!363`_)
- Officially support python3.8 (See also `GitLab!377`_)
- ``--disable-noqa`` now also disables `` flake8: noqa`` (See also
`GitLab!380`_, `GitLab590`_)
- Ensure that a missing file produces a ``E902`` error (See also `GitLab!404`_,
`GitLab600`_)
- `` noqa`` comments now apply to all of the lines in an explicit ``\``
continuation or in a line continued by a multi-line string (See also
`GitLab!413`_, `GitLab375`_)
Bugs Fixed
~~~~~~~~~~
- Fix ``--exclude=./t.py`` to only match ``t.py`` at the top level (See also
`GitLab!311`_, `GitLab382`_)
- Fix ``--show-source`` when a file is indented with tabs (See also
`GitLab!339`_, `GitLab563`_)
- Fix crash when ``--max-line-length`` is given a non-integer (See also
`GitLab!341`_, `GitLab541`_)
- Prevent flip-flopping of ``indent_char`` causing extra ``E101`` errors (See
also `GitLab!357`_, `pycodestyle886`_)
- Only enable multiprocessing when the method is ``fork`` fixing issues
on macos with python3.8+ (See also `GitLab!366`_, `GitLab587`_) (note: this
fix also landed in 3.7.9)
- ``noqa`` is now only handled by flake8 fixing specific-noqa. Plugins
requesting this parameter will always receive ``False`` (See also
`GitLab!331`_, `GitLab552`_)
- Fix duplicate loading of plugins when invoked via ``python -m flake8`` (See
also `GitLab!388`_)
- Fix early exit when ``--exit-zero`` and ``--diff`` are provided and the diff
is empty (See also `GitLab!391`_)
- Consistently split lines when ``\f`` is present when reading from stdin (See
also `GitLab!406`_, `GitLab270`_)
Deprecations
~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ``python setup.py flake8`` (setuptools integration) is now deprecated and
will be removed in a future version (See also `GitLab!330`_, `GitLab544`_)
- ``type='string'`` (optparse) types are deprecated, use
``type=callable`` (argparse) instead. Support for ``type='string'`` will
be removed in a future version (See also `GitLab!341`_)
- ``%default`` in plugin option help text is deprecated, use ``%(default)s``
instead. Support for ``%default`` will be removed in a future version (See
also `GitLab!341`_)
- optparse-style ``action='callback'`` setting for options is deprecated, use
argparse action classes instead. This will be removed in a future version
(See also `GitLab!341`_)
.. all links
.. _3.8.0 milestone:
 https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/milestones/32
.. merge request links
.. _GitLab270:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/270
.. _GitLab375:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/375
.. _GitLab382:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/382
.. _GitLab439:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/439
.. _GitLab535:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/535
.. _GitLab541:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/541
.. _GitLab544:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/544
.. _GitLab552:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/552
.. _GitLab563:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/563
.. _GitLab565:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/565
.. _GitLab568:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/568
.. _GitLab569:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/569
.. _GitLab587:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/587
.. _GitLab590:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/590
.. _GitLab600:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/600
.. _GitLab632:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/632
.. _GitLab635:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/635
.. _pycodestyle886:
https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/886
.. issue links
.. _GitLab!311:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/311
.. _GitLab!315:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/315
.. _GitLab!330:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/330
.. _GitLab!331:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/331
.. _GitLab!339:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/339
.. _GitLab!341:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/341
.. _GitLab!342:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/342
.. _GitLab!357:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/357
.. _GitLab!360:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/360
.. _GitLab!361:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/361
.. _GitLab!363:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/363
.. _GitLab!366:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/366
.. _GitLab!377:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/377
.. _GitLab!380:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/380
.. _GitLab!388:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/388
.. _GitLab!391:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/391
.. _GitLab!404:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/404
.. _GitLab!406:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/406
.. _GitLab!413:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/413
.. _GitLab!417:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/417
.. _GitLab!418:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/418
.. _GitLab!419:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/419
.. _GitLab!420:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/420
.. _GitLab!422:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/422
.. _GitLab!424:
https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/424

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* Add ``pytest`` plugin. Thanks malefice.
* Fix phone numbers for ``es_ES``. Thanks pablofm.
* Fix ``uuid`` provider to return a ``uuid4`` object when ``cast_to`` is set to ``None``. Thanks rodrigondec.
* Update names for ``es_ES`` person provider. Thanks mondeja.
* Add provider for ``sk_SK`` ``birth_number``. Thanks eumiro.
* Add ``day_of_week`` and ``month_name`` for ``de_DE`` provider. Thanks eumiro.