chore(release): 7.7.0 [skip ci]

# [7.7.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.6.0...7.7.0) (2025-01-12)

### Features

* add auto-release as an optional feature for releases ([9db709ad](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/9db709ad8fe96c7ed524f8083e57b845914e4009))

CHANGELOG.md

+# [7.7.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.6.0...7.7.0) (2025-01-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add auto-release as an optional feature for releases ([9db709a](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/9db709ad8fe96c7ed524f8083e57b845914e4009))
+
 # [7.6.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.5.2...7.6.0) (2025-01-08)
 
 

README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.6.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.7.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/python:3.12-slim
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/python'
-    ref: '7.6.0'
+    ref: '7.7.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -562,9 +562,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.6.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.7.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.6.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.7.0
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
@@ -603,13 +603,13 @@ The variant requires the additional configuration parameters:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.6.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.7.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/python:3.12-slim
       pytest-enabled: true
 
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.6.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.7.0
     inputs:
       # common OIDC config for non-prod envs
       gcp-oidc-provider: "projects/<gcp_nonprod_proj_id>/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/<pool_id>/providers/<provider_id>"
@@ -669,13 +669,13 @@ then set the required configuration.
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.6.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.7.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/python:3.12-slim
       pytest-enabled: true
 
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-aws-codeartifact@7.6.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-aws-codeartifact@7.7.0
     inputs:
       aws-region: "us-east-1"
       aws-codeartifact-domain: "acme"

templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ variables:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.6.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.7.0"]
   variables:
     GCP_JWT: $GCP_JWT
   before_script:

templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.6.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.7.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:

templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml

@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.6.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.7.0"]
   variables:
     # set local cache dir; most Python tools honour XDG specs
     XDG_CACHE_HOME: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"