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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 10:03:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 0.51.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json      |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                       | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml  |  4 ++--
 charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 26b1ce24..2b2b4fa9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.50.0"
+  ".": "0.51.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30dd44e0..a0401d93 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.51.0](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/compare/v0.50.0...v0.51.0) (2026-10-02)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **commit:** one commit window surface for targets and saves ([#404](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/issues/404))
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** add GitTarget spec.parentBranch, and create a new write branch on its parent's current tip ([#407](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/issues/407)) ([2de6dc8](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/commit/2de6dc814dd40c6603359df4a20ca139dd216d4e))
+* **commit:** act on the 0.50 field report — closeDelay restarts at claim, [#388](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/issues/388) back in the changelog ([#403](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/issues/403)) ([860d959](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/commit/860d959b669b5663dbd8c31b5b722d9b00b8b0f5))
+* **commit:** one commit window surface for targets and saves ([#404](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/issues/404)) ([7f090ea](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/commit/7f090ea0997b9ceb8e1013db8f2f58bce12670ad))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **commit:** fail a CommitRequest on a target that may not be written ([#411](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/issues/411)) ([230d602](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/commit/230d602a68882103eda547dbdf32273d5b7d78e5))
+* **git:** retry a failed publication on its own schedule, and close the 0.51 docs gaps ([#412](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/issues/412)) ([0daa371](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/commit/0daa371119366f500f49ce069364334b6eb657dd))
+
 ## [0.50.0](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/compare/v0.49.1...v0.50.0) (2026-09-29)
 
 
diff --git a/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml b/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml
index 39cc306f..4e55395e 100644
--- a/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ description: >-
   A Kubernetes controller for two-way GitOps synchronization - reverse sync from
   Kubernetes to Git
 type: application
-version: 0.50.0
-appVersion: 0.50.0
+version: 0.51.0
+appVersion: 0.51.0
 keywords:
   - gitops
   - kubernetes
diff --git a/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml b/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml
index 2b610587..3ab2c664 100644
--- a/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ deploymentStrategy:
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/configbutler/gitops-reverser
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  tag: 0.50.0 # x-release-please-version
+  tag: 0.51.0 # x-release-please-version
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
 nameOverride: ""