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 Package: rSW2exter
 Title: Access External Data as Input for SOILWAT2 and STEPWAT2 Simulations
-Version: 0.2.2-9000
+Version: 0.2.2
 Authors@R: c(
   person(
     "Daniel", "Schlaepfer",
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-# rSW2exter v0.2.2-9000
+# rSW2exter v0.2.2
 * `fetch_soils_from_NRCS_SDA()` gains the ability to inject queries with
   multi-variable parameters. It gains two new arguments
   (with backwards compatible default values):