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 Type: Package
 Package: pointblank
-Version: 0.12.2
+Version: 0.12.2.9000
 Title: Data Validation and Organization of Metadata for Local and Remote Tables
 Description: Validate data in data frames, 'tibble' objects, 'Spark'
     'DataFrames', and database tables. Validation pipelines can be made using
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+# pointblank (development version)
+
 # pointblank 0.12.2
 
 This release provides a few minor improvements along with many bug fixes.