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 Encoding: UTF-8
 Package: covr
 Title: Test Coverage for Packages
-Version: 3.5.1.9004
+Version: 3.6.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jim", "Hester", email = "james.f.hester@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Willem", "Ligtenberg", role = "ctb"),
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-# covr (development version)
+# covr 3.6.0
 
 * Added `covr.record_tests` option. When `TRUE`, this enables the recording of the trace of the tests being executed and adds an itemization of which tests result in the execution of each trace.
   For more details see `?covr.record_tests` (@dgkf, #463, #485, #503)