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 Package: gganimate
 Type: Package
 Title: A Grammar of Animated Graphics
-Version: 1.0.0.9000
-Date: 2019-01-02
+Version: 1.0.1
+Date: 2019-02-15
 Authors@R: c(person("Thomas Lin", "Pedersen", email = "thomasp85@gmail.com",
     role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("David", "Robinson", email = "admiral.david@gmail.com",
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-# gganimate (development version)
+# gganimate 1.0.1
 
 * Fix bug in transitions when the group aesthetic was late evalued (#262)
 * Better fade support for `geom_smooth()`. Both ribbon and line will now fade.