1.8.1

🚀 New features and improvements

• Ensure Null Safety in GitLabConnectionProperty.java (#1619) @shivajee98
• Replaced Arguements With Empty Array (#1614) @shivajee98

🐛 Bug fixes

• Refactoring and simplifying the codebase (#1621) @shivajee98
• Fixed NPE error in AbstractWebHookTriggerHandler.java (#1617) @AniketNS
• Fix null check condition in PipelineHookTriggerHandlerImpl.java (#1613) @shivajee98

👻 Maintenance

• Improve commit message creation (#1646) @AniketNS
• Require Jenkins 2.414.3 or newer (#1639) @MarkEWaite

✍ Other changes

• update PushBuildAction to use 'AbstractGitSCMSource' to trigger 'GitLab Branch Source' repository scan (#1629) @nicomodeus
• Revert "Replaced Arguements With Empty Array" (#1622) @krisstern

📦 Dependency updates

20 changes

• Bump org.jenkins-ci.plugins:plugin from 4.81 to 4.82 (#1656) @dependabot
• Bump io.jenkins.tools.bom:bom-2.414.x from 2977.vdf61ecb_fb_e2d to 2982.vdce2153031a_0 (#1655) @dependabot
• Bump io.jenkins.tools.bom:bom-2.414.x from 2961.v1f472390972e to 2977.vdf61ecb_fb_e2d (#1653) @dependabot
• Bump org.jenkins-ci.plugins:plugin from 4.80 to 4.81 (#1650) @dependabot
• Bump io.jenkins.tools.bom:bom-2.414.x from 2950.va_633b_f42f759 to 2961.v1f472390972e (#1649) @dependabot
• Bump io.jenkins.tools.bom:bom-2.414.x from 2928.ved44ea_84e034 to 2950.va_633b_f42f759 (#1648) @dependabot
• Bump io.jenkins.tools.bom:bom-2.414.x from 2907.vcb_35d6f2f7de to 2928.ved44ea_84e034 (#1645) @dependabot
• Bump org.jenkins-ci.plugins:plugin from 4.79 to 4.80 (#1644) @dependabot
• Bump io.jenkins.tools.bom:bom-2.414.x from 2884.vc36b_64ce114a_ to 2907.vcb_35d6f2f7de (#1641) @dependabot
• Bump org.postgresql:postgresql from 42.7.2 to 42.7.3 (#1642) @dependabot
• Bump io.jenkins.tools.bom:bom-2.414.x from 2857.v01a_0144eb_20b_ to 2884.vc36b_64ce114a_ (#1640) @dependabot
• Require Jenkins 2.414.3 or newer (#1639) @MarkEWaite
• Bump org.postgresql:postgresql from 42.7.1 to 42.7.2 (#1635) @dependabot
• Bump io.fabric8:docker-maven-plugin from 0.43.4 to 0.44.0 (#1633) @dependabot
• Bump org.jenkins-ci.plugins:plugin from 4.77 to 4.78 (#1630) @dependabot
• Bump io.jenkins.tools.bom:bom-2.401.x from 2718.v7e8a_d43b_3f0b_ to 2745.vc7b_fe4c876fa_ (#1624) @dependabot
• Bump org.jenkins-ci.plugins:plugin from 4.76 to 4.77 (#1620) @dependabot
• Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin from 3.2.3 to 3.2.5 (#1610) @dependabot
• Bump io.jenkins.tools.bom:bom-2.401.x from 2705.vf5c48c31285b_ to 2718.v7e8a_d43b_3f0b_ (#1611) @dependabot
• Bump io.jenkins.tools.bom:bom-2.401.x from 2675.v1515e14da_7a_6 to 2705.vf5c48c31285b_ (#1609) @dependabot