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 Package: hubValidations
 Title: Testing framework for hubverse hub validations
-Version: 0.8.0
+Version: 0.8.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person(
         given = "Anna", 
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+# hubValidations (development version)
+
 # hubValidations 0.8.0
 
 * Custom checks no longer fail if validation is run outside of the root of the hub (#141)