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+# dev file for preparing release
+cpp11::cpp_register(here::here())
+## clean up by removing all .o files
+files = fs::dir_ls(here::here("src/"), regexp = "\\.o|\\.so")
+fs::file_delete(files)
+devtools::document(here::here())
+devtools::check(here::here())