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 Package: pillar
 Title: Coloured Formatting for Columns
-Version: 1.10.1
+Version: 1.10.1.9000
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Kirill",
              family = "M\u00fcller",
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# pillar 1.10.1.9000
+
+- Switching to development version.
+
+
 # pillar 1.10.1
 
 ## Documentation