### Release Process for Countrynames Library

Source: https://github.com/opensanctions/countrynames/blob/main/README.md

This snippet outlines the steps for releasing a new version of the countrynames library, including testing, compiling, committing data changes, version bumping, and pushing to remote repositories.

```sh
make test compile
git commit countrynames/data.py -m "update data.py"
bump2version --verbose patch
git push --tags && git push origin main
```

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### Convert Country Names to Codes

Source: https://github.com/opensanctions/countrynames/blob/main/README.md

Use `countrynames.to_code` to convert country names to their 2-letter codes. Fuzzy matching can be enabled with `fuzzy=True` for approximate matches. It also handles direct code inputs.

```python
import countrynames

assert 'DE' == countrynames.to_code('Germany')
assert 'DE' == countrynames.to_code('Bundesrepublik Deutschland')
assert 'DE' == countrynames.to_code('Bundesrepublik Deutschlan', fuzzy=True)
assert 'DE' == countrynames.to_code('DE')
```

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### Convert Country Names to 3-Letter Codes

Source: https://github.com/opensanctions/countrynames/blob/main/README.md

Use `countrynames.to_code_3` to convert country names to their 3-letter codes.

```python
assert 'DEU' == countrynames.to_code_3('Germany')
```

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