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 Type: Package
 Package: dbplyr
 Title: A 'dplyr' Back End for Databases
-Version: 2.5.0
+Version: 2.5.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Maximilian", "Girlich", role = "aut"),
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+# dbplyr (development version)
+
 # dbplyr 2.5.0
 
 ## Improved tools for qualified table names