From a19b8fe43b7488ae30754de3e375d42f3c1c22bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stu Hood <stuhood@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:59:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare `2.12.1rc2`. (#16256)

[ci skip-build-wheels]
[ci skip-rust]
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 src/python/pants/notes/2.12.x.md | 8 ++++++++
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diff --git a/src/python/pants/notes/2.12.x.md b/src/python/pants/notes/2.12.x.md
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--- a/src/python/pants/notes/2.12.x.md
+++ b/src/python/pants/notes/2.12.x.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # 2.12.x Release Series
 
+## 2.12.1rc2 (Jul 20, 2022)
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* Apply parameter filling for `parametrize`d dependencies to excludes, and fix accommodation for file-addressed atom targets (Cherry-pick of #16249) ([#16251](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16251))
+
+* [internal] Refactors `output_field` to default to something that disambiguates on parametrized fields (cherry-pick of #16232) ([#16248](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16248))
+
 ## 2.12.1rc1 (Jul 19, 2022)
 
 ### Plugin API Changes