Release v1.40.1 (#3296)

Author: buf-release-bot[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [v1.40.1] - 2024-09-06
 
 - Fix issue with `buf lint` where comment ignores in the shape of `// buf:lint:ignore <RULE_ID> <extra comment>`
   were not recognized due to the extra comment.
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ buf check breaking proto --against .git#branch=master,subdir=proto
 
 Initial beta release.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.40.0...HEAD
+[v1.40.1]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.40.0...v1.40.1
 [v1.40.0]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.39.0...v1.40.0
 [v1.39.0]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.38.0...v1.39.0
 [v1.38.0]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.37.0...v1.38.0

private/buf/bufcli/bufcli.go

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package bufcli
 
 // Version is the CLI version of buf.
-const Version = "1.40.1-dev"
+const Version = "1.40.1"