From 851beabc93319d8dd05bff211b13d2b35ef097e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Thiel <sebastian.thiel@icloud.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 21:10:34 +0800
Subject: bump patch level

---
 VERSION                |  2 +-
 doc/source/changes.rst | 12 +++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 199eda56..265be638 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.25
+3.1.26
diff --git a/doc/source/changes.rst b/doc/source/changes.rst
index d955aebe..82106ee4 100644
--- a/doc/source/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/source/changes.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 =========
 Changelog
-=========
+
+3.1.26
+======
+
+- Fixes a leaked file descriptor when reading the index, which would cause make writing a previously
+  read index on windows impossible.
+  See https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/issues/1395 for details.
+
+See the following for all changes.
+https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitpython/milestone/56?closed=1
+
 
 3.1.25
 ======
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