0.16.0 release

- Python 3.10 support
- New Rule: ignore-by-author-name allows users to skip linting commit messages
  made by specific authors
- --commit <SHA> flag to more easily lint a single commit message (#141)
- --fail-without-commits flag will force gitlint to fail (exit code 253) when
  the target commit range is empty (typically when using --commits) (#193)
- Bugfixes:
  - contrib-title-conventional-commits (CT1) now properly enforces the commit
    type (#185)
  - contrib-title-conventional-commits (CT1) now supports the BREAKING CHANGE
    symbol "!" (#186)
- Under-the-hood: dependencies updated, test and github action improvements.

Full Release details in CHANGELOG.md.

Author: jorisroovers

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog #
 
-## v0.16.0 (2021-10-?) Soon! ##
+## v0.16.0 (2021-10-08) ##
 
 Contributors:
 Special thanks to all contributors for this release, in particular [sigmavirus24](https://github.com/sigmavirus24), [l0b0](https://github.com/l0b0) and [rafaelbubach](https://github.com/rafaelbubach).

gitlint/__init__.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.16.0dev"
+__version__ = "0.16.0"