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 All notable changes to this project will be documented here.
 
 ## [unreleased]
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+## [1.9.0]
 - allow tests to write to existing subdirectories but not overwrite existing test script files (#237).
 - add ability to create a docker container for the autotester in development mode (#236).
 - major reorganization of the structure of this package (#236).