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-# scRepertoire VERSION 2.0.8.9000 (development version)
+# scRepertoire VERSION 2.0.8
 
 ## NEW FEATURES
 * Added ```getContigDoublets()``` experimental function to identify TCR and BCR doublets as a preprocessing step to ```combineExpression()```
 
-## UNDERLYING CHANGES
-* convert documentation to use markdown (`roxygen2md`)
-* import `lifecycle`, `purrr`, `withr`
-* suppressed "using discrete variable for alpha is not recommended" warning in alluvialClones unit tests.
-
-# scRepertoire VERSION 2.0.8
-
 ## UNDERLYING CHANGES
 * Fixed issue with single chain output for ```clonalLength()```
 * Removed unnecessary code remnant in ```clonalLength()```
 * Allow one sample to be plotted by ```percentVJ()```
 * Fixed issue with ```positionalProperty()``` and exportTable
+* convert documentation to use markdown (`roxygen2md`)
+* import `lifecycle`, `purrr`, `withr`
+* suppressed "using discrete variable for alpha is not recommended" warning in alluvialClones unit tests.
 
 # scRepertoire VERSION 2.0.7