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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: reprex
 Title: Prepare Reproducible Example Code via the Clipboard
-Version: 2.1.0
+Version: 2.1.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jennifer", "Bryan", , "jenny@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-6983-2759")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# reprex (development version)
+
 # reprex 2.1.0
 
 * `reprex()` no longer includes the full traceback by default, as this is