dbt-core 1.8.0rc1

dbt-core v1.8.0rc1

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dbt-core 1.8.0-rc1 - May 02, 2024

Breaking Changes

• Update the default behaviour of require_explicit_package_overrides_for_builtin_materializations to True. (#10062)

Features

• Package selector syntax for the current package (#6891)
• Add require_explicit_package_overrides_for_builtin_materializations to dbt_project.yml flags, which can be used to opt-out of overriding built-in materializations from packages (#10007)
• add --empty flag to dbt build command (#10026)
• Ability to silence warnings via warn_error_options (#9644)
• Allow aliases error for include and warn for exclude in warn_error_options (#9644)

Fixes

• Add NodeRelation to SavedQuery Export (#9534)
• Use consistent secret scrubbing with the log function. (#9987)
• Validate against empty strings in package definitions (#9985)
• Fix default value for indirect selection in selector cannot overwritten by CLI flag and env var (#9976, #7673)
• Simplify error message if test severity isn't 'warn' or 'error' (#9715)
• Support overriding source level loaded_at_field with a null table level definition (#9320)

Docs

• Enable display of unit tests (dbt-docs/#501)
• Unit tests not rendering (dbt-docs/#506)

Under the Hood

• Split up deferral across parsing (adding 'defer_relation' from state manifest) and runtime ref resolution" (#9199)
• Raise deprecation warning if installed package overrides built-in materialization (#9971)
• Use the SECRET_ENV_PREFIX from dbt_common instead of duplicating it in dbt-core (#10018)
• Enable use of record mode via environment variable (#10045)
• Consistent naming + deprecation warnings for "legacy behavior" flags (#10062)

Dependencies

• Update the agate pin to "agate>=1.7.0,<1.10" (#9934)

Contributors

• @barton996 (#6891)
• @mjkanji (#9934)