Prerelease v1.2.0-rc2

What's Changed

New Features 🎉

• fix: update mock ibc core by @ibrizsabin in #795
• feat: Allow xCall connection configurations when channel is not open by @AntonAndell in #818
• fix: Add seperate varint decoder which handles long values by @AntonAndell in #779
• feat: implement get timestamp for tendermint by @izyak in #824
• fix: Fix reverse sign on timestamp check for request timeout by @AntonAndell in #827

Other Changes

• fix: added clarity and fixed bash commands to work effortlessly by @bcsainju in #833
• fix: changed config env variable to TEST_CONFIG_PATH to match implementation by @bcsainju in #837
• feat: create chain registry by @ibrizsabin in #835
• chore: update test coverage for ibc client by @bishalbikram in #846
• docs: Add explanation on how a connection can be manually verified by @AntonAndell in #838
• fix: add reference to CI workflow to fix error by @ForwardSlashBack in #839

New Contributors

• @bishalbikram made their first contribution in #846
• @ForwardSlashBack made their first contribution in #839

Full Changelog: v1.1.0...v1.2.0-rc2