From 83983617eae5914faa262a70d0139711b8dc7b44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "git-quickbeam[bot]"
 <264059672+git-quickbeam[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 03:10:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release git-metadata 0.3.0-rc.2

---
 .config/release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                         | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Cargo.lock                           |  2 +-
 Cargo.toml                           |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/release-please-manifest.json b/.config/release-please-manifest.json
index 5b98d5a..68945ec 100644
--- a/.config/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.config/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.3.0-rc.1"
+  ".": "0.3.0-rc.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4476d2e..09f19cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,40 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.3.0-rc.2](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/compare/git-metadata-v0.3.0-rc.1...git-metadata-v0.3.0-rc.2) (2026-05-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Accept optional author signature in Ledger::create ([cb4d735](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/cb4d735638eebdb907cf69bd0bf5d839268513c7)), closes [#10](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/issues/10)
+* Add --author-name and --author-email to create subcommand ([cb4d735](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/cb4d735638eebdb907cf69bd0bf5d839268513c7))
+* Add `ContentAddressable` and `Pointer` traits ([677936a](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/677936a4579a0c27c97a02e17c48e275c3be5eab))
+* Add `Error::UnexpectedKind` variant ([d57c2ba](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/d57c2ba0a09d06fe31581563b87c7fa3929c10cf))
+* Add `Tx::with_message()` builder; default commit message is `"store: commit transaction"` ([d57c2ba](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/d57c2ba0a09d06fe31581563b87c7fa3929c10cf))
+* Add FileMode enum (Blob, Executable, Tree, Commit) ([c72b96c](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/c72b96ca0ca85cb91daa585f3db2be653120a6e8))
+* Add git-db crate to workspace ([e2ed0fc](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/e2ed0fc74fa1cd71bbb5b863a8dfd3f247ade4fd))
+* Add IdStrategy::CommitOid for commit-OID-keyed entity refs ([31c8dc3](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/31c8dc3ff376f0a88a78fdf444053c95ae0336da)), closes [#6](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/issues/6)
+* Add Mutation::Pin for inserting entries that reference existing objects ([c72b96c](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/c72b96ca0ca85cb91daa585f3db2be653120a6e8))
+* Add optional author override to Ledger::create ([cb4d735](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/cb4d735638eebdb907cf69bd0bf5d839268513c7))
+* Add store abstractions ([260820f](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/260820f4e0b60b3132664bb53338daed49da4bea))
+* Enable gix tree-editor feature for structural sharing ([bf946a9](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/bf946a9d8048d07a23b0bee0da6fac422ef8c5ad))
+* Implement `ContentAddressable`, `Ref`, and `Transaction` over gix ([7949943](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/79499433db139dfbc4b6ef10850aeeb9560a0cc0))
+* Implement Store and Tx for phase 1 transaction ([bf946a9](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/bf946a9d8048d07a23b0bee0da6fac422ef8c5ad))
+* Read committer identity from git config via `repo.committer()`, falling back to generic defaults ([d57c2ba](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/d57c2ba0a09d06fe31581563b87c7fa3929c10cf))
+* Scaffolding for `git-store` ([4480796](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/4480796879f5295864c90cf1c4463e1df065140d))
+* Split `Pointer` into `Ref` and `Transaction` traits ([7ff0b5f](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/7ff0b5f49aa7e1d2f4b6fe661aafc35d23de4b81))
+* Store::open/init bind to refs/db/&lt;n&gt; ([bf946a9](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/bf946a9d8048d07a23b0bee0da6fac422ef8c5ad))
+* Tx::commit with configurable CAS retry loop ([bf946a9](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/bf946a9d8048d07a23b0bee0da6fac422ef8c5ad))
+* Tx::get/put/delete/list over nested tree paths ([bf946a9](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/bf946a9d8048d07a23b0bee0da6fac422ef8c5ad))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Publish only the crate matching the release tag ([912b8ce](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/912b8cecb7d9257a303697be9589edd88960af21))
+* Publish pre-release crates to crates.io ([6f1d588](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/6f1d588f98cd5b8639dad12ded683f00e08fd402))
+* Reject empty paths in `Tx` operations ([f541852](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/f541852b7d85fcfa3b710fb5213c7e1d6ea9d05f))
+* Remove manual version pins ([ed13199](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/ed13199df77777a0f234730264ec3f4891610c11))
+* Replace panicking `into_commit()`/`into_tree()` with `try_into_commit()`/`try_into_tree()`, returning `Error::UnexpectedKind` on mismatch ([d57c2ba](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/commit/d57c2ba0a09d06fe31581563b87c7fa3929c10cf))
+
 ## [0.3.0-rc.1](https://github.com/git-ents/git-metadata/compare/git-metadata-v0.2.1...git-metadata-v0.3.0-rc.1) (2026-03-26)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 30174f7..f29be69 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git-metadata"
-version = "0.3.0-rc.1"
+version = "0.3.0-rc.2"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "clap_mangen",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 870e33f..946186e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "git-metadata"
-version = "0.3.0-rc.1"
+version = "0.3.0-rc.2"
 edition = "2024"
 publish = true
 readme = "README.md"