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 Package: neuprintr
 Type: Package
 Title: R Client Utilities for Interacting with the neuPrint Connectome Analysis Service
-Version: 1.3
+Version: 1.3.1
 Date: 2021-05-18
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Alexander", "Bates", email = "alexander.shakeel.bates@gmail.com", 
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+# neuprintr 1.3.1
+
+## What's Changed
+* add `neuprint_cosine_plot()` and `neuprint_cosine_matrix()` to support cosine 
+similarity clustering by @jefferis in https://github.com/natverse/neuprintr/pull/167
+
+* Fix when dataset for connection not passed on by @jefferis in https://github.com/natverse/neuprintr/pull/162
+* WIP: improved error messages by @jefferis in https://github.com/natverse/neuprintr/pull/161
+* Fix adjacency matrix names by @jefferis in https://github.com/natverse/neuprintr/pull/163
+* fix bug (noticed w malecns) when correct rois not fetched by @jefferis in https://github.com/natverse/neuprintr/pull/165
+* Fix bug when only presynapse is inside ROI by @jefferis in https://github.com/natverse/neuprintr/pull/166
+
+https://github.com/natverse/neuprintr/compare/v1.3...v1.3.1
+
 # neuprintr 1.3
 
 * Fix problem with numeric bodyids by @jefferis in https://github.com/natverse/neuprintr/pull/142