From bdfe4b61eb7e05f56f659135d10ac1fe87ee8781 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Helfman <witten@torsion.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:42:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Bump version for release.

---
 NEWS     | 2 +-
 setup.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1bf69455..86b5fcf7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.7.9.dev0
+1.7.9
  * #295: Add a SQLite database dump/restore hook.
  * #304: Change the default action order when no actions are specified on the command-line to:
    "create", "prune", "compact", "check". If you'd like to retain the old ordering ("prune" and
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7ddb8117..ec68b049 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-VERSION = '1.7.9.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.7.9'
 
 
 setup(