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 Package: ggplot2
-Version: 3.5.0
+Version: 3.5.0.9000
 Title: Create Elegant Data Visualisations Using the Grammar of Graphics
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = "aut",
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+# ggplot2 (development version)
+
 # ggplot2 3.5.0
 
 This is a minor release that turned out quite beefy. It is focused on