$ make publish
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- Improved the error message shown when a `.python-version` file uses an unsupported file encoding. ([#1958](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-python/pull/1958))
- Improved the error message shown when a `.python-version` or `runtime.txt` file contain an invalid Python version. ([#1958](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-python/pull/1958))
- Added support for commented lines in `runtime.txt`, for parity with `.python-version`. ([#1958](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-python/pull/1958))

Deploy as v318 [y/n]? y

Creating GitHub release...
https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-python/releases/tag/v318

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 318     2025-11-12T17:36:00.077Z published