2024.03.02

We'd like to thank the following folks who contributed to this release:

• @DiddiLeija
• @MicaelJarniac
• @chrysle
• @edgarrmondragon
• @fazledyn-or
• @franekmagiera
• @frenzymadness
• @henryiii
• @johnthagen
• @mayeut
• @patrick91
• @q0w
• @samypr100
• @scop
• @stasfilin
• @stefanv

New Features:

• Add uv backend by @henryiii in #762
• Add venv backend fallback by @henryiii in #787
• Add option --reuse-venv {yes,no,never,always} by @samypr100 in #730
• Add environment variable NOX_DEFAULT_VENV_BACKEND for default backend by @edgarrmondragon in #780
• Rename session.run_always to session.run_install by @henryiii in #770
• Add more option argument completions by @scop in #707
• Implement tox-to-nox for tox 4 by @frenzymadness in #687
• Allow --force-python on unparametrized sessions by @chrysle in #756
• Add include_outer_env parameter to session.run and friends by @franekmagiera in #652
• GitHub Action: Add support for the ~ version specifier by @mayeut in #712

Bugfixes:

• Rebuild environment when changing to an incompatible backend type by @henryiii in #781
• Warn user when first argument to session.run is a list by @stefanv in #786
• Allow overriding nox.options.sessions with --tags by @q0w in #684
• Allow overriding NO_COLOR with --force-color by @stasfilin in #723
• Fix nox.options.error_on_missing_interpreters when running in CI by @samypr100 in #725

Documentation Improvements:

• Create an official Nox badge by @johnthagen in #714 and #715
• Add recipe for generating a matrix with GitHub Actions by @henryiii in #696
• Update some links by @henryiii in #774

Internal Changes:

• fix: always pull versions from metadata by @henryiii in #782
• chore: ruff moved to astral-sh by @henryiii in #722
• Use double quotes instead of single in github actions examples by @patrick91 in #724
• tests: fixes when running locally by @henryiii in #721
• chore: modernize Ruff config, bump pre-commit by @henryiii in #744
• chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #738
• chore: ruff-format by @henryiii in #745
• chore(action): update default python-versions by @mayeut in #767
• chore(ci): allow manual runs on branches without a PR by @mayeut in #766
• chore(ci): bump actions/setup-python & conda-incubator/setup-miniconda by @mayeut in #765
• ci: group dependabot updates by @henryiii in #755
• fix(types): improve typing by @henryiii in #720
• ci: fix coverage combine for different OS's by @henryiii in #778
• ci: update to artifacts v2 by @henryiii in #772
• ci: remove skipped job & combine (faster) by @henryiii in #771
• chore: cleanup Ruff a bit by @henryiii in #783
• chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #784
• style: add type hints, update few functions by @stasfilin in #728
• Include Python 3.12 in GHA by @DiddiLeija in #743
• Allow tests to pass in environments where NO_COLOR=1 is set by @edgarrmondragon in #777
• tests: support running when the Python launcher for UNIX is present by @henryiii in #775
• chore: drop unneeded config option by @henryiii in #773
• Bump minimum virtualenv to 20.14.1 by @johnthagen in #747
• chore: save session name in Func by @MicaelJarniac in #718
• Removed the problematic Python 2.7.18 version by @stasfilin in #726
• Fixed Improper Method Call: Replaced NotImplementedError by @fazledyn-or in #749