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+Changes in 0.2.0-rc1 (2018-10-18)
+=============================
+
+NOTE: This is the first release of the Slack bridge. 0.1.0 has been the version number
+for previous efforts but was never an official release. The list below is all the changes
+merged onto the `develop` branch.
+
+Features:
+
+- Support for the Slack Bot API to allow users to bridge their communities with more features than
+  using webhooks! #89. Thanks to @perissology for doing the legwork there.
+- More provisioning APIs to support the new Bot API bridging methods. #101
+- Support triple backtick code syntax #85
+- Add support for winston logging through the new bridge component #94
+- Allow specifying a dbdir for custom locations of stores #95. Thanks @Cadair!
+- Convert Riot Pills to Slack mentions #96. Thanks @Cadair!
+- Add support for conversion of snippets to code messages in Matrix #97. Thanks @Cadair!
+- Add support for "gitter bridge" style edit messages #98. Thanks @Cadair!
+- Implement bridging of Matrix mentions to Slack #99. Thanks @Cadair!
+
+Bugfixes:
+
+- Fallback to userstore for making user pills if the Slack api fails to find a user #84
+- Fixed file uploads so they work again #91. Thanks @Cadair!
+- Fixed emoji not being subsituted on the Matrix side #103.
+
+Misc:
+
+- The bridge now uses matrix-appservice-bridge 1.7.0
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 {
   "name": "matrix-appservice-slack",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0-rc1",
   "description": "A Matrix <--> Slack bridge",
   "main": "app.js",
   "scripts": {