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Updates

April 2026

Make sure cli is installed in `.libPaths()[2]` (#2693) Apr 30
Increment version number to 2.5.2.9000 Apr 30
Release —devtools 2.5.2 Apr 30
Increment version number to 2.5.2 Apr 29
use_latest_dependencies(TRUE, "CRAN") Apr 28
Update cran-comments Apr 28
Fix dev_packages() Apr 28
Pass the current lib paths (#2690) Apr 28
Increment version number to 2.5.1.9000 Apr 16
Release —devtools 2.5.1 Apr 16
Increment version number to 2.5.1 Apr 16
Lean in to `{.run ...}` more Apr 16
Add format-suggest workflow Apr 16
Remove this suffix from pak minimum version Apr 15
usethis::use_latest_dependencies(TRUE, "CRAN") Apr 15
Update cran-comments.md Apr 15
Git and rbuild-ignore Posit AI settings Apr 15
Filter self out of package dependencies, for real this time Apr 15
Better reporting around dependencies needed for task (#2687) Apr 15

March 2026

Don't install dependencies in `build_readme()` Mar 18
Moar backticks Mar 16
Increment version number to 2.5.0.9000 Mar 16
Release —devtools 2.5.0 Mar 16

October 2025

Release —devtools 2.4.6 Oct 3

October 2022

Release —devtools 2.4.5 Oct 11

July 2022

Release —devtools 2.4.4 Jul 20

November 2021

Release —devtools 2.4.3 Nov 30
Release —devtools 2.4.2 Nov 18

May 2021

Release —devtools 2.4.1 May 12

April 2021

Release —devtools 2.4.0 Apr 9