From 798deb3a10e59cfa7b46994417f0c56c4a0bc9f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:41:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix typo in deb changelogs from release script (#12497)

The release script used to incorrectly write `New synapse release 1.57.0~rc1.`
instead of `New synapse release 1.57.0rc1.`
---
 changelog.d/12497.misc | 1 +
 scripts-dev/release.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/12497.misc

diff --git a/changelog.d/12497.misc b/changelog.d/12497.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17a661ec61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/12497.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a minor typo in the Debian changelogs generated by the release script.
diff --git a/scripts-dev/release.py b/scripts-dev/release.py
index 518eaf417c..6f7cf6888d 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/release.py
+++ b/scripts-dev/release.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def prepare():
         debian_version = new_version
 
     run_until_successful(
-        f'dch -M -v {debian_version} "New synapse release {debian_version}."',
+        f'dch -M -v {debian_version} "New Synapse release {new_version}."',
         shell=True,
     )
     run_until_successful('dch -M -r -D stable ""', shell=True)