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 Package: munsell
 Type: Package
 Title: Utilities for Using Munsell Colours
-Version: 0.5.0.9000
+Version: 0.5.1
 Author: Charlotte Wickham <cwickham@gmail.com>
 Maintainer: Charlotte Wickham <cwickham@gmail.com>
 Description: Provides easy access to, and manipulation of, the Munsell 
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-Version 0.5.1
-==============================================================================
+# munsell 0.5.1
+
 * Fix documentation NOTEs