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+# Filament Release Notes log
+
+This file contains one line summaries of commits that are worthy of mentioning in release notes.
+A new header is inserted each time a *tag* is created.
+
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+# Release notes
+
+- Created a `RELEASE_NOTES.md` file, to be updated with significant PRs.
+
+## sceneform-1.9pr2