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+created: 20140127143652456
+modified: 20140127151028534
+tags: releasenote
+title: Release 5.0.8-beta
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
+
+//[[See GitHub for detailed change history of this release|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/compare/v5.0.7-beta...v5.0.8-beta]]//
+
+!! Breaking
+
+These are changes that might affect users upgrading from previous betas.
+
+* 
+
+!! Documentation updates
+
+* 
+
+!! Improvements
+
+* 
+
+!! Bug Fixes
+
+* 
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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 {
   "name": "tiddlywiki",
   "preferGlobal": "true",
-  "version": "5.0.7-beta",
+  "version": "5.0.8-prerelease",
   "author": "Jeremy Ruston <jeremy@jermolene.com>",
   "description": "a non-linear personal web notebook",
   "contributors": [