From 053fe1e18759f0017d278b20ab26de3d0ab732a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Brown <adampsbrown@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:21:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] adding .dev towncrier category to the release notes - the aim
 is to link  merged PRs to WIP features so that every change is traceable to
 every release

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 1 +
 towncrier.toml  | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 22d12ac663..b758f7929e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Supported filename extensions are:
 
 - ``.feature``: Signifying a new feature in Element Android or in the Matrix SDK.
 - ``.bugfix``: Signifying a bug fix.
+- ``.dev``: Signifying a change which is not ready to be user facing, typically a component of a larger feature.
 - ``.doc``: Signifying a documentation improvement.
 - ``.removal``: Signifying a deprecation or removal of public API. Can be used to notifying about API change in the Matrix SDK
 - ``.misc``: Any other changes.
diff --git a/towncrier.toml b/towncrier.toml
index 486ef6f186..666542a18c 100644
--- a/towncrier.toml
+++ b/towncrier.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
         name = "Bugfixes 🐛"
         showcontent = true
 
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+        directory = "dev"
+        name = "In development"
+        showcontent = true
+
     [[tool.towncrier.type]]
         directory = "doc"
         name = "Improved Documentation 📚"