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+This release brings several configuration fixes and improvements that will be especially useful for themes.
+
+## Deep merge of theme Params
+
+One of the most common complaint from Hugo theme owners/users has been about the configuration handling. Hugo has up until now only performed a shallow merge of theme `params` into the configuration.
+
+With that, given this example from a theme configuration:
+
+```toml
+[params]
+[params.colours]
+blue="#337DFF"
+green="#68FF33"
+red="#FF3358"
+```
+
+If you would like to use the above theme, but want a different shade of red, you earlier had to copy the entire block, even the colours you're totally happy with. This was painful even the simplest setup.
+
+Now you can just override the `params` keys you want to change, e.g.:
+
+```toml
+[params]
+[params.colours]
+red="#fc0f03"
+```
+
+For more information, and especially about the way you can opt out of the above behaviour, see [Merge Configuration from Themes](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration/#merge-configuration-from-themes).
+
+## Themes now support the config directory
+
+Now both the project and themes/modules can store its configuration in both the top level config file (e.g. `config.toml`) or in the `config` directory. See [Configuration Directory](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration/#configuration-directory).
+
+## HTTP headers in getJSON/getCSV
+
+`getJSON` now supports custom HTTP headers. This has been a big limitation in Hugo, especially considering the [Authorization](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization) header.
+
+We have updated the internal Instagram shortcode to pass the access token in a header:
+
+```
+{{ $hideCaption := cond (eq (.Get 1) "hidecaption") "1" "0" }}
+{{ $headers := dict "Authorization" (printf "Bearer %s" $accessToken) }}
+{{ with getJSON "https://graph.facebook.com/v8.0/instagram_oembed/?url=https://instagram.com/p/" $id "/&hidecaption=" $hideCaption $headers }}
+    {{ .html | safeHTML }}
+{{ end }}
+```
+
+ Also see the discussion [this issue](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7879) about the access token above.
+
+## New erroridf template func
+
+Sometime, especially when creating themes, it is useful to be able to let the user decide if an error situation is critical enough to fail the build. The new `erroridf` produces `ERROR` log statements that can be toggled off:
+
+```html
+{{ erroridf "some-custom-id" "Some error message." }}
+```
+
+Will log:
+
+```
+ERROR: Some error message.
+If you feel that this should not be logged as an ERROR, you can ignore it by adding this to your site config:
+ignoreErrors = ["some-custom-id"]
+```
+## Stats
+
+This release represents **46 contributions by 11 contributors** to the main Hugo code base.[@bep](https://github.com/bep) leads the Hugo development with a significant amount of contributions, but also a big shoutout to [@jmooring](https://github.com/jmooring), [@satotake](https://github.com/satotake), and [@Seirdy](https://github.com/Seirdy) for their ongoing contributions.
+And a big thanks to [@digitalcraftsman](https://github.com/digitalcraftsman) for his relentless work on keeping the themes site in pristine condition.
+
+Many have also been busy writing and fixing the documentation in [hugoDocs](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoDocs),
+which has received **20 contributions by 10 contributors**. A special thanks to [@salim-b](https://github.com/salim-b), [@bep](https://github.com/bep), [@thomasjsn](https://github.com/thomasjsn), and [@lucasew](https://github.com/lucasew) for their work on the documentation site.
+
+
+Hugo now has:
+
+* 52487+ [stars](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/stargazers)
+* 432+ [contributors](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/graphs/contributors)
+* 370+ [themes](http://themes.gohugo.io/)
+
+
+## Notes
+
+* We now do deep merging of `params` from theme config(s). That is you most likely what you want, but [Merge Configuration from Themes](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration/#merge-configuration-from-themes) describes how you can get the old behaviour back.
+
+## Enhancements
+
+### Templates
+
+* Rename err-missing-instagram-accesstoken => error-missing-instagram-accesstoken [9096842b](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/9096842b0494166e401cc08a70b93ae2ee19a198) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Add a terse pagination template variant to improve performance [73483d0f](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/73483d0f9eb46838d41640f88cc05c1d16811dc5) [@jmooring](https://github.com/jmooring) [#8599](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8599)
+* Add erroridf template func [f55d2f43](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/f55d2f43769053b80b419a690554e747dc5dcede) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8613](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8613)
+* Print response body on HTTP errors [282f1aa3](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/282f1aa3db9f6420fdd360e46db1ffadd5b083a1) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Misc header improvements, tests, allow multiple headers of same key [fcd63de3](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/fcd63de3a54fadcd30972654d8eb86dc4d889784) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#5617](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5617)
+* Allows user-defined HTTP headers with getJSON and getCSV [150d7573](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/150d75738b54acddc485d363436757189144da6a) [@chamberlainpj](https://github.com/chamberlainpj) [#5617](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5617)
+* Allow 'Querify' to take lone slice/interface argument [c46fc838](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/c46fc838a9320adfc6532b1b543e903c48b3b4cb) [@importhuman](https://github.com/importhuman) [#6735](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6735)
+
+### Output
+
+* Make WebAppManifestFormat NotAlternative=true [643b6719](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/643b671931ed5530855e7d4819896790bf3f6c28) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8624](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8624)
+* Adjust  test assertion [ab4e1dfa](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/ab4e1dfa4eebe0ac18f1d1f60a9647cbb7b41d7f) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8625](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8625)
+* support application/manifest+json [02f31897](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/02f31897b4f7252154850a65c900e88e0b237fa3) [@Seirdy](https://github.com/Seirdy) [#8624](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8624)
+
+### Other
+
+* Regenerate docs helper [be6b901c](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/be6b901cf7d07238337334e6b6d886a7b039f5e6) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Regenerate docshelper [402da3f8](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/402da3f8f327f97302c4b5d69cd4832a94bd189b) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Implement configuration in a directory for modules [bb2aa087](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/bb2aa08709c812a5be29922a1a7f4d814e200cab) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8654](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8654)
+* Update github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.9.1 => v0.9.2 [3aa7f0b2](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/3aa7f0b27fc736b4c32adbb1fc1fc7fbefd6efd9) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8658](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8658)
+* Run go mod tidy [9b870aa7](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/9b870aa788ab1b5159bc836fbac6e60a29bee329) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Split out the puthe path/filepath functions into common/paths [93aad3c5](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/93aad3c543828efca2adeb7f96cf50ae29878593) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8654](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8654)
+* Update to Goldmark v1.3.8 [8eafe084](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/8eafe0845d66efd3cf442a8ed89a6da5c1d3117b) [@jmooring](https://github.com/jmooring) [#8648](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8648)
+* Do not read config from os.Environ when running tests [31fb29fb](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/31fb29fb3f306678f3697e05bbccefb2078d7f78) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8655](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8655)
+* Set a dummy Instagram token [a886dd53](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/a886dd53b80322e1edf924f2ede4d4ea037c5baf) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Regenerate docs helper [a91cd765](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/a91cd7652f7559492b070dbe02fe558348f3d0b6) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Update to Go 1.16.5, Goreleaser 0.169.0 [552cef5c](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/552cef5c576ae4dbf4626f77f3c8b15b42a9e7f3) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8619](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8619)[#8263](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8263)
+* Upgrade Instagram shortcode [9b5debe4](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/9b5debe4b820132759cfdf7bff7fe9c1ad0a6bb1) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#7879](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7879)
+* Set modTime at creation time [06d29542](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/06d295427f798da85de469924fd10f58c0de9a58) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#6161](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6161)
+* Add math.Max and math.Min [01758f99](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/01758f99b915f34fe7ca4621e4d1ee09efe385b1) [@jmooring](https://github.com/jmooring) [#8583](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8583)
+* Catch incomplete shortcode error [845a7ba4](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/845a7ba4fc30c61842148d67d31d0fa3db8f40b9) [@satotake](https://github.com/satotake) [#6866](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6866)
+* Use SPDX license identifier [10f60de8](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/10f60de89a5a53528f1e3a47a77224e5c7915e4e) [@jmooring](https://github.com/jmooring) [#8555](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8555)
+* Cache and copy Menu for sorting [785a31b5](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/785a31b5b84643f4769f9bd363599cbcce86f098) [@satotake](https://github.com/satotake) [#7594](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7594)
+* Update to LibSASS 3.6.5 [bc1e0528](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/bc1e05286a96d08ad02ad200d6a4076bb01c486e) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Make the HTML element collector more robust [f518b4f7](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/f518b4f71e1a61b09d660b5c284121ebf3b3b86b) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8530](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8530)
+* Make the HTML element collector more robust" [dc6b7a75](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/dc6b7a75ff5b7fcb8a0b0e3f7ed406422d847624) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Get the collector in line with the io.Writer interface" [3f515f0e](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/3f515f0e3395b24776ae24045b846ff2b33b8906) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Get the collector in line with the io.Writer interface [a9bcd381](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/a9bcd38181ceb79afba82adcd4de1aebf571e74c) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Make the HTML element collector more robust [ef0f1a72](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/ef0f1a726901d6c614040cfc2d7e8f9a2ca97816) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8530](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8530)
+* Add Scratch.DeleteInMap [abbc99d4](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/abbc99d4c60b102e2779e4362ceb433095719384) [@meehawk](https://github.com/meehawk) [#8504](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8504)
+* Display version when building site (#8533) [76c95f55](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/76c95f55a5d18290baa7f23667161d4af9fb9b53) [@jmooring](https://github.com/jmooring) [#8531](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8531)
+* Update querify function description and examples [2c7f5b62](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/2c7f5b62f6c1fa1c7b3cf2c1f3a1663b18e75004) [@jmooring](https://github.com/jmooring) 
+* Change SetEscapeHTML to false [504c78da](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/504c78da4b5020e1fd13a1195ad38a9e85f8289a) [@peaceiris](https://github.com/peaceiris) [#8512](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8512)
+* Add a benchmark [b660ea8d](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/b660ea8d545d6ba5479dd28a670044d57e5d196f) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Update dependency list [64f88f30](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/64f88f3011de5a510d8e6d6bad8ac4a091b11c0c) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+
+## Fixes
+
+### Templates
+
+* Fix countwords to handle special chars [7a2c10ae](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/7a2c10ae60f096dacee4b44e0c8ae0a1b66ae033) [@ResamVi](https://github.com/ResamVi) [#8479](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8479)
+
+### Other
+
+* Fix fill with smartcrop sometimes returning 0 bytes images [5af045eb](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/5af045ebab109d3e5501b8b6d9fd448840c96c9a) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#7955](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7955)
+* Misc config loading fixes [d392893c](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/d392893cd73dc00c927f342778f6dca9628d328e) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8633](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8633)[#8618](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8618)[#8630](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8630)[#8591](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8591)[#6680](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6680)[#5192](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5192)
+* Fix nested OS env config override when parent does not exist [12530519](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/12530519d8fb4513c9c18a6494099b7dff8e4fd4) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8618](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8618)
+* Fix invalid timestamp of the "public" folder [26ae12c0](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/26ae12c0c64b847d24bde60d7d710ea2efcb40d4) [@anthonyfok](https://github.com/anthonyfok) [#6161](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6161)
+* Fix env split to allow = character in  values [ee733085](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/ee733085b7f5d3f2aef1667901ab6ecb8041d699) [@xqbumu](https://github.com/xqbumu) [#8589](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8589)
+* Fix warning regression in i18n [ececd1b1](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/ececd1b122c741567a80acd8d60ccd6356fa5323) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8492](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8492)
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