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 Package: devtools
 Title: Tools to Make Developing R Packages Easier
-Version: 2.4.5
+Version: 2.4.5.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = "aut"),
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
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+# devtools (development version)
+
 # devtools 2.4.5
 
 * `check(cleanup =)` was deprecated in devtools v1.11.0 (2016-04-12) and was