From 356e40ff8e113e6d30a3b469c3aa7a77c6cc56f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:14:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] maint: post-release administrivia

* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
---
 .prev-version | 2 +-
 NEWS          | 3 +++
 cfg.mk        | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index c026ac828d..9d5e716c05 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.6
+9.7
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 26c2780d01..4423d955ba 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 9.7 (2025-04-09) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 2b24355ad4..2032fcdfa2 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = be5016485c56f34b60ba4e6d3b407489
+old_NEWS_hash = e846927f631201c953d1eb0774c23005
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = \
-- 
2.47.3