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 Package: incidence2
 Type: Package
 Title: Compute, Handle and Plot Incidence of Dated Events
-Version: 2.6.0
+Version: 2.6.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Tim", "Taylor", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "tim.taylor@hiddenelephants.co.uk",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-8587-7113")),
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+# incidence2 (development version)
+
 # incidence2 2.6.0
 
 - **Experimental:** When calling `incidence()` if users specify an integer(ish)