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 Package: MungeSumstats
 Type: Package
 Title: Standardise summary statistics from GWAS
-Version: 1.9.16
+Version: 1.9.17
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Alan",
            family = "Murphy",
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+## CHANGES IN VERSION 1.9.17
+
+### Bug fix
+* Cases checking ref genome where there are no indels would sometimes cause an 
+error when joining. This resolved this issue.
+
 ## CHANGES IN VERSION 1.9.16
 
 ### New features