Release v1.44.0 (#3365)

Co-authored-by: emcfarlane <[email protected]>

Author: buf-release-bot[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [v1.44.0] - 2024-10-03
 
 - Update the `PROTOVALIDATE` lint rule to check example field options. Examples will be checked that
   they satisfy the field constraints, and are only present if constraints are present.
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ buf check breaking proto --against .git#branch=master,subdir=proto
 
 Initial beta release.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.43.0...HEAD
+[v1.44.0]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.43.0...v1.44.0
 [v1.43.0]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.42.0...v1.43.0
 [v1.42.0]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.41.0...v1.42.0
 [v1.41.0]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.40.1...v1.41.0

private/buf/bufcli/bufcli.go

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package bufcli
 
 // Version is the CLI version of buf.
-const Version = "1.43.1-dev"
+const Version = "1.44.0"