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 Package: fledge
 Title: Smoother Change Tracking and Versioning for R Packages
-Version: 0.1.99.9028
-Date: 2024-08-19
+Version: 0.1.99.9029
+Date: 2024-08-31
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Kirill",
              family = "M\u00fcller",
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# fledge 0.1.99.9029 (2024-08-31)
+
+## Chore
+
+- Add Aviator configuration.
+
+## Continuous integration
+
+- Install local package for pkgdown builds.
+
+- Improve support for protected branches, without fledge.
+
+## Testing
+
+- Snapshot updates for rcc-smoke (null) (#786).
+
+
 # fledge 0.1.99.9028 (2024-08-19)
 
 ## Bug fixes