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-Version: 1.0.0
-Date: 2024-10-28 01:40:23 UTC
-SHA: 3432b8f191efe7c14c2951ea180d963b65a0fb7c
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 Type: Package
 Package: circumplex
 Title: Analysis and Visualization of Circular Data
-Version: 1.0.0
+Version: 1.0.0.9000
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Jeffrey",
              family = "Girard",
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+# circumplex (development version)
+
 # circumplex 1.0.0
 
 ## Breaking changes