Release 1.20.1

Author: jdavid

AUTHORS.md

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ Authors:
     Marcel Waldvogel
     Masud Rahman
     Michael Sondergaard
+    Michal Koutný
     Natanael Arndt
     Nick Williams
     Ondřej Nový
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ Authors:
     Lance Eftink
     Legorooj
     Lukas Berk
+    Marius Gedminas
     Martin von Zweigbergk
     Mathieu Bridon
     Mathieu Pillard
@@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ Authors:
     Remy Suen
     Ridge Kennedy
     Rodrigo Bistolfi
+    Roshan Ramani
     Ross Nicoll
     Rui Abreu Ferreira
     Rui Chen

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 1.20.1 (UNRELEASED)
+# 1.20.1 (2026-09-12)
 
 - Update wheels to libgit2 1.9.7
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   [#962](https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/issues/962)
   [#1100](https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1100)
 
-- Fix `Repository.submodules.get()` and `name in repo.submodules` raising
+- Fix `repo.submodules.get()` and `name in repo.submodules` raising
   `AlreadyExistsError` when a repository exists at the submodule path but was
   never registered as a submodule; they now return `None` and `False`
   respectively as documented

SPONSORS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Friends of pygit2:
 
+- [William Bowers](https://github.com/ralian)
+
 - Add your name to the list,
   [become a friend of pygit2](https://github.com/sponsors/jdavid).
 

docs/conf.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # author = ''
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '1.20.0'
+release = '1.20.1'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------

pygit2/_build.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #
 # The version number of pygit2
 #
-__version__ = '1.20.0'
+__version__ = '1.20.1'
 
 
 #