dbt 0.16.1 (April 14, 2020)
This is a bugfix release with no breaking changes and one net-new feature.
Features
Fixes
- dbt now renders the
dbt_project.ymlnameconfig in the "base" context, giving it access tovarandenv_var(#2230, #2251) - Fix an issue with
{% raw %}blocks where multiplerawblocks in the same file resulted in an error (#2241, #2252) - Fix a redshift-only issue that caused an error when
dbt seedfound a seed with an entirely empty column that was set to avarchardata type. (#2250, #2254) - Fix a bug where dbt plugins that used the default
list_schemasandinformation_schema_namemacros with database quoting enabled double-quoted the database name in their queries (#2267, #2281) - The BigQuery "partitions" config value can now be used in
dbt_project.yml(#2256, #2280) - dbt deps no longer require a profile, but if profile-specific fields are accessed users will get an error (#2231, #2290)
- Macro name collisions between dbt and plugins now raise an appropriate exception, instead of an AttributeError (#2288, #2293)
- The create_adapter_plugin.py script has been updated to support 0.16.X adapters (#2145, #2294)
Under the hood
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