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 Package: ollamar
 Title: 'Ollama' Language Models
-Version: 1.2.2
+Version: 1.2.2.9000
 Authors@R: c( 
     person("Hause", "Lin", , "hauselin@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-4590-7039")),
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+# ollamar (development version)
+
 # ollamar 1.2.2
 
 - `generate()` and `chat()` support [structured output](https://ollama.com/blog/structured-outputs) via `format` parameter.