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 Package: coconatfly
 Type: Package
 Title: Comparative Connectomics of Public and In Progress Drosophila Datasets
-Version: 0.2.1.9000
+Version: 0.2.2
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Gregory",
            family = "Jefferis",
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-# coconatfly (development version)
+# coconatfly 0.2.2
+
+* support malecns superclass/class/subclass change. To stay backward compatible 
+  for the time being the class hierarchy is mapped onto
+  - class
+  - subclass
+  - subsubclass
+  but the intent is to switch to superclass/class/subclass in the next version
+  by @jefferis in https://github.com/natverse/coconatfly/pull/32
+* Correct handling of malecns lineage information by @jefferis in https://github.com/natverse/coconatfly/pull/33
+* `cf_cosine_plot()` now fetches all metadata cols by default (f1667a3c8318120626ae95c2116f73576fd2dfb4)
+* fix: pass on `keep.all` when `cf_meta()` receives keys
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/natverse/coconatfly/compare/v0.2.1...v0.2.2
+
 
 # coconatfly 0.2.1