Bumping version to 1.8.0rc1 and generate changelog

Author: FishtownBuildBot

.bumpversion.cfg

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.8.0b2
+current_version = 1.8.0rc1
 parse = (?P<major>[\d]+) # major version number
 	\.(?P<minor>[\d]+) # minor version number
 	\.(?P<patch>[\d]+) # patch version number

.changes/1.8.0-rc1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+## dbt-bigquery 1.8.0-rc1 - May 03, 2024
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Fix dbt.string_literal for BQ when there are newlines ([#1088](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1088))
+- Stop adding aliases to render_limited output ([#1190](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1190))
+
+### Under the Hood
+
+- Update dependabot config to cover GHA ([#1176](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1176))
+
+### Dependencies
+
+- Bump dorny/paths-filter from 2 to 3 ([#1179](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1179))
+- Bump actions/github-script from 6 to 7 ([#1180](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1180))
+- Bump dbt-labs/actions from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1 ([#1181](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1181))
+- Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 ([#1183](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1183))
+- Bump actions/setup-python from 4 to 5 ([#1182](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1182))
+
+### Contributors
+- [@b-per](https://github.com/b-per) ([#1088](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1088))