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 Package: ggraph
 Type: Package
 Title: An Implementation of Grammar of Graphics for Graphs and Networks
-Version: 2.2.1
+Version: 2.2.1.9000
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Thomas Lin",
              family = "Pedersen",
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+# ggraph (development version)
+
 # ggraph 2.2.1
 
 * Rolling back use of native pipe (#364 and #365)