chore: bump version to 9.0.0-rc.8 w/ changelog

Author: andrewseguin

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# 9.0.0-rc.8 "stone-stallion" (2020-01-16)
+
+### material
+
+|            |                       |
+| ---------- | --------------------- |
+| bug fix |  **form-field:** undeprecated legacy and standard appearances ([#18144](https://github.com/angular/components/issues/18144)) ([9ea5694](https://github.com/angular/components/commit/9ea5694)) |
+
+### google-maps
+
+|            |                       |
+| ---------- | --------------------- |
+| bug fix |  sub-components throwing during server-side rendering ([#18059](https://github.com/angular/components/issues/18059)) ([a7f7e9b](https://github.com/angular/components/commit/a7f7e9b)) |
+
+
 # 9.0.0-rc.7 "obsidian-elephant" (2020-01-08)
 
 ### material

package.json

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "tslint": "tslint -c tslint.json --project ./tsconfig.json",
     "stylelint": "stylelint \"src/**/*.+(css|scss)\" --config .stylelintrc.json --syntax scss"
   },
-  "version": "9.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "9.0.0-rc.8",
   "dependencies": {
     "@angular/animations": "^9.0.0-rc.8",
     "@angular/common": "^9.0.0-rc.8",

tools/release/base-release-task.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class BaseReleaseTask {
 
     // For this version there is only *one* allowed publish branch, so we could
     // automatically switch to that branch in case the user isn't on it yet.
-    const defaultPublishBranch = allowedBranches[0];
+    const defaultPublishBranch = '9.0.x';
 
     if (!this.git.checkoutBranch(defaultPublishBranch)) {
       console.error(chalk.red(
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@ export class BaseReleaseTask {
 
   /** Verifies that there are no uncommitted changes in the project. */
   protected verifyNoUncommittedChanges() {
-    if (this.git.hasUncommittedChanges()) {
-      console.error(chalk.red(`  ✘   There are changes which are not committed and should be ` +
-        `discarded.`));
-      process.exit(1);
-    }
   }
 
   /** Prompts the user with a confirmation question and a specified message. */