Merge pull request #1240 from jelmer/start-0.21.8

Start on 0.21.8

NEWS

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-0.21.7	UNRELEASED
+0.21.8	UNRELEASED
+
 0.21.7	2023-12-05
  * Fix NameError when encountering errors during HTTP operation.
    (Jelmer Vernooij, #1208)

dulwich/__init__.py

@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 
 """Python implementation of the Git file formats and protocols."""
 
-__version__ = (0, 21, 7)
+__version__ = (0, 21, 8)