v1.8.0b2

dbt-core 1.8.0-b2 - April 03, 2024

Global config for --target and --profile CLI flags and DBT_TARGET and DBT_PROFILE environment variables. (#7798)
Allow excluding resource types for build, list, and clone commands, and provide env vars (#9237)
SourceDefinition.meta represents source-level and table-level meta properties, instead of only table-level (#9766)
Allow metrics in semantic layer filters. (#9804)

fix lock-file bad indentation (#9319)
Tighten exception handling to avoid worker thread hangs. (#9583)
Do not add duplicate input_measures (#9360)
Throw a ParsingError if a primary key constraint is defined on multiple columns or at both the column and model level. (#9581)
Bug fix: don't parse Jinja in filters for input metrics or measures. (#9582)
Fix traceback parsing for exceptions raised due to csv fixtures moved into or out of fixture/subfolders. (#9570)
Fix partial parsing KeyError on deleted schema files (#8860)
Support saved queries in dbt list (#9532)
include sources in catalog.json when over 100 relations selected for catalog generation (#9755)
Support overriding macros in packages in unit testing (#9624)
Handle exceptions for failing on-run-* hooks in source freshness (#9511)
Validation of unit test parsing for incremental models (#9593)
Fix use of retry command on command using defer (#9770)
Make args variable to be un-modified by dbt.invoke(args) (#8938, #9787)
Unit test path outputs (#9608)
Fix assorted source freshness edgecases so check is run or actionable information is given (#9078)
"Fix Docker release process to account for both historical and current versions of dbt-postgres (#9827)