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 Type: Package
 Package: fontawesome
-Version: 0.5.2
+Version: 0.5.2.9000
 Title: Easily Work with 'Font Awesome' Icons
 Description: Easily and flexibly insert 'Font Awesome' icons into 'R Markdown'
     documents and 'Shiny' apps. These icons can be inserted into HTML content
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+# fontawesome (development version)
+
 # fontawesome 0.5.2
 
 * Updated icon set to that of Font Awesome 6.4.2. (#111)