diff --git a/CRAN-SUBMISSION b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Version: 0.1.2
-Date: 2024-05-04 02:39:41 UTC
-SHA:
-    72d373918864d2c56f64bb24be748280221d7372
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: lzstring
 Type: Package
 Title: Wrapper for 'lz-string' 'C++' Library
-Version: 0.1.2
+Version: 0.1.2.9000
 Description: Provide access to  the 'lz-string' 
     <http://pieroxy.net/blog/pages/lz-string/index.html> 'C++' library for 
     Lempel-Ziv (LZ) based compression and decompression of strings.
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# lzstring 0.1.2
+# lzstring 0.1.2.9000
 
-# lzstring 0.1.1
-
-# lzstring 0.1.0
-
-* Initial CRAN submission.
+* Added a `NEWS.md` file to track changes to the package.