diff --git a/changelog.d/.gitignore b/changelog.d/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[tool.towncrier]
+    package = "variants"
+    package_dir = "src/variants"
+    filename = "NEWS.rst"
+    directory = "changelog.d"
\ No newline at end of file