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 Package: pangoRo
 Type: Package
 Title: R toolset to work with PANGO lineages
-Version: 0.2.3
+Version: 0.2.4
 Author: Allen OBrien
 Maintainer: Allen OBrien <allen.g.obrien@gmail.com>
 Description: A set of R utilities for loading and operating with PANGO lineage data.
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+# pangoRo 0.2.4 (2023-11-08)
+
+* Add `is_recombinant()` helper function
+* Fix bug on collapsing inputs that are already partially collapsed
+* Add feature to collapse so that parents can be forced to use their alias (e.g. BQ.1.10 -> EC), 
+this can be useful in some specific use-cases (e.g. grouped sorting)
+
+# pangoRo 0.2.3 (2023-08-21)
+
+* Update local alias table
+
+# pangoRo 0.2.2 (2023-02-12)
+
+* Add more tests
+
+# pangoRo 0.2.1 (2023-02-12)
+
+* Missing imports added
+* Parameter checks
+* Update local alias table
+
+# pangoRo 0.2.0 (2023-02-11)
+
+* First main release to GitHub
+* Add `search_pangoro()` function