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 Package: designit
 Title: Blocking and Randomization for Experimental Design
-Version: 0.4.0.9000
+Version: 0.4.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = c(first = "Iakov", middle = "I."),
            family = "Davydov",
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+# designit 0.4.1
+
+* mainly github action changes
+
 # designit 0.4.0
 
 * multiplate wrapper