feat: update release notes and version to 0.8.18 with new features and improvements

README.md

@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ Watch this quick tutorial to learn how to use the new one-click LoRA integration
 
 ## Release Notes
 
+### v0.8.18
+* **Custom Example Images** - Added ability to import your own example images for LoRAs and checkpoints with automatic metadata extraction from embedded information
+* **Enhanced Example Management** - New action buttons to set specific examples as previews or delete custom examples
+* **Improved Duplicate Detection** - Enhanced "Find Duplicates" with hash verification feature to eliminate false positives when identifying duplicate models
+* **Tag Management** - Added tag editing functionality allowing users to customize and manage model tags
+* **Advanced Selection Controls** - Implemented Ctrl+A shortcut for quickly selecting all filtered LoRAs, automatically entering bulk mode when needed
+* **Note**: Cache file functionality temporarily disabled pending rework
+
 ### v0.8.17
 * **Duplicate Model Detection** - Added "Find Duplicates" functionality for LoRAs and checkpoints using model file hash detection, enabling convenient viewing and batch deletion of duplicate models
 * **Enhanced URL Recipe Imports** - Optimized import recipe via URL functionality using CivitAI API calls instead of web scraping, now supporting all rated images (including NSFW) for recipe imports

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "comfyui-lora-manager"
 description = "LoRA Manager for ComfyUI - Access it at http://localhost:8188/loras for managing LoRA models with previews and metadata integration."
-version = "0.8.17-bugfix"
+version = "0.8.18"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 dependencies = [
     "aiohttp",