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 Package: igraph
-Version: 2.0.3.9052
+Version: 2.0.3.9053
 Title: Network Analysis and Visualization
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gábor", "Csárdi", , "csardi.gabor@gmail.com", role = "aut",
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# igraph 2.0.3.9053
+
+## Chore
+
+- Add some argument checking to `add_shape()` (#1478).
+
+## Testing
+
+- Remove useless snapshot (#1481).
+
+
 # igraph 2.0.3.9052
 
 ## Bug fixes