From e4494f85b632545ff885e4d4bf6dcab5b9ceca8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cammarata <jimi@sngx.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:13:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] New release v2.3.0.0-0.1.rc1

---
 VERSION                | 2 +-
 lib/ansible/release.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 70fa54d280b..322d3547914 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.3.0 0.0.devel
+2.3.0.0 0.1.rc1
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index 89d7d53812e..03bf1939fc3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/release.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/release.py
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-__version__ = '2.3.0'
+__version__ = '2.3.0.0'
 __author__  = 'Ansible, Inc.'