dbt Core: dbt 0.15.1

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✨ Features 6 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

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dbt Core v0.15.1. Source highlight: dbt 0.15.1 (January 17, 2020)

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)

Lazily load database connections (#1584, #1992)
Support raising warnings in user-space (#1970, #1977) (docs)
Suppport BigQuery label configuration for models (#1942, #1964) (docs)
Support retrying when BigQuery models fail with server errors (#1579, #1963) (docs)
Support sql headers in create table/view statements (#1879, #1967) (docs)
Support `source snapshot-freshness` command in the dbt server (#2040, #2041)

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

Fix for catalog generation error when datasets are missing on BigQuery (#1984, #2005)
Fix for invalid SQL generated when "check" strategy is used in Snapshots with changing schemas (#1797, #2001)
Fix for gaps in valid_from and valid_to timestamps when "check" strategy is used in Snapshots on some databases (#1736, #1994)
Fix incorrect thread names in dbt server logs (#1905, #2002)
Fix for ignored catalog data when user schemas begin with `pg*` on Postgres and Redshift (#1960, #2003)
Fix for poorly defined materialization resolution logic (#1962, #1976)

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## dbt 0.15.1 (January 17, 2020) This is a bugfix release. ### Features - Lazily load database connections ([#1584](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1584), [#1992](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1992)) - Support raising warnings in user-space ([#1970](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1970), [#1977](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1977)) ([docs](https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/exceptions#section-warn)) - Suppport BigQuery label configuration for models ([#1942](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1942), [#1964](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1964)) ([docs](https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/bigquery-configs#section-labels-and-tags)) - Support retrying when BigQuery models fail with server errors ([#1579](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1579), [#1963](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1963)) ([docs](https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/profile-bigquery#section-retries)) - Support sql headers in create table/view statements ([#1879](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1879), [#1967](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1967)) ([docs](https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/using-sql-headers)) - Support `source snapshot-freshness` command in the dbt server ([#2040](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2040), [#2041](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2041)) - Support the `-t` shorthand for the `--target` flag on the CLI ([#1281](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1281), [#2057](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2057)) ### Fixes - Fix for catalog generation error when datasets are missing on BigQuery ([#1984](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1984), [#2005](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2005)) - Fix for invalid SQL generated when "check" strategy is used in Snapshots with changing schemas ([#1797](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1797), [#2001](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2001)) - Fix for gaps in valid_from and valid_to timestamps when "check" strategy is used in Snapshots on some databases ([#1736](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1736), [#1994](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1994)) - Fix incorrect thread names in dbt server logs ([#1905](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1905), [#2002](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2002)) - Fix for ignored catalog data when user schemas begin with `pg*` on Postgres and Redshift ([#1960](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1960), [#2003](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2003)) - Fix for poorly defined materialization resolution logic ([#1962](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1962), [#1976](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1976)) - Fix missing `drop_schema` method in adapter namespace ([#1980](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1980), [#1983](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1983)) - Fix incorrect `generated_at` value in the catalog ([#1988](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1988)) ### Under the hood - Fail more gracefully at install time when setuptools is downlevel ([#1975](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1975), [#1978](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1978)) - Make the `DBT_TEST_ALT` integration test warehouse configurable on Snowflake ([#1939](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/1939), [#1979](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1979)) - Pin upper bound on `google-cloud-bigquery` dependency to `1.24.0`. ([#2007](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2007)) - Remove duplicate `get_context_modules` method ([#1996](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1996)) - Add type annotations to base adapter code ([#1982](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1982)) Contributors: - [@Fokko](https://github.com/Fokko) ([#1996](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1996), [#1988](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1988), [#1982](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1982)) - [@kconvey](https://github.com/kconvey) ([#1967](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/1967))

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