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 Package: remotes
 Title: R Package Installation from Remote Repositories, Including 'GitHub'
-Version: 1.1.1.9000
+Version: 2.0.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gábor", "Csárdi", , "csardi.gabor@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = c("aut")),
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-# remotes 1.1.9000
+# remotes 2.0.0
 
 ## Breaking changes