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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: farver
 Title: High Performance Colour Space Manipulation
-Version: 2.1.2
+Version: 2.1.2.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Thomas Lin", "Pedersen", , "thomas.pedersen@posit.co", role = c("cre", "aut"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-5147-4711")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# farver (development version)
+
 # farver 2.1.2
 
 * make sure output channels are always named (#23)