From a50d3520b5aaca09acf4be381f886697985210dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mirpedrol <mirp.julia@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:11:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] bump to 2.8dev

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 setup.py     |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 923a6c1ca4..d8c5d89f5d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # nf-core/tools: Changelog
 
+# v2.8dev
+
+### Template
+
+### Linting
+
+### Modules
+
+### Subworkflows
+
+### General
+
 ## [v2.7.2 - Mercury Eagle Patch](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/releases/tag/2.7.2) - [2022-12-19]
 
 ### Template
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cc83e90eed..38f36810b7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-version = "2.7.2"
+version = "2.8dev"
 
 with open("README.md") as f:
     readme = f.read()

From 6777abb17d17da6887af548c3d00f0c326f4ff20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mirpedrol <mirp.julia@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:35:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] change order in release checklist

---
 .github/RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md b/.github/RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md
index c5b3464b83..f2d2591f16 100644
--- a/.github/RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md
+++ b/.github/RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 6. Create a PR from `dev` to `master`
 7. Make sure all CI tests are passing again (additional tests are run on PRs to `master`)
 8. Request review (2 approvals required)
-9. Merge the PR into `master`
-10. Run `rich-codex` to regenerate docs screengrabs (actions `workflow_dispatch` button)
+9. Run `rich-codex` to regenerate docs screengrabs (actions `workflow_dispatch` button)
+10. Merge the PR into `master`
 11. Wait for CI tests on the commit to passed
 12. (Optional but a good idea) Run a manual sync on `nf-core/testpipeline` and check that CI is passing on the resulting PR.
 13. Create a new release copying the `CHANGELOG` for that release into the description section.