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-0.2.4 / 2012-03-11
-  - Bugfix release
-    * text with ampersand's no longer gets munged
-
-0.2.3 / 2011-11-11
-  - Bugfix release
-    * fixed Makefile (use tab instead of space)
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-0.2.2 / 2011-11-10
-  - Bugfix release
-    * fixed "load helpers" action not being called (helpers work now)
-    * fixed README and example helpers.awk not matching
-    * fixed uninstallable executables in Makefile (thanks sramov)
-
-0.2.1 / 2011-10-24
-  - Bugfix release
-    * removed debug line in find_cmd.awk
-
-0.2 / 2011-10-24
-  - Feature Release
-    * custom configuration added (convert markup using any program)
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-0.1.1 / 2011-10-18
-  - Bugfix release
-    * use awk regex operator
-
-0.1 / 2011-10-08
-  - First release
-    * supports directories with spaces
-    * parses metadata to be bound to templates
-    * filters markdown
-    * supports plain HTML pages (i.e. no filtering)
-    * copies non-zodiac files
-    * no dependencies
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-- user-defined filters
-  - per project configuration
-  - site-wide configuration
-- separate metadata parser
-  - allow viewing metadata as a collection for creating listings (i.e. sitemap.xml)
-- contrib tools
-  - example .htaccess config
-  - page creation
-  - blog post
-- partials
-- multiple layouts
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-0.2.4