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+# 1.0.0-beta.1 (2021-08-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* intial release ([0a31f71](https://github.com/mdonnalley/multiple-package-manager/commit/0a31f7156fd846f8cd5007591a3597fd724812ac))
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 {
   "name": "multiple-package-manager",
   "description": "CLI for managing multiple node packages",
-  "version": "0.0.0-development",
+  "version": "1.0.0-beta.1",
   "author": "Mike Donnalley",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mdonnalley/multiple-package-manager",
   "repository": "mdonnalley/multiple-package-manager",