Changes in version 2026-04                       

  - internal datasets:
    
      - allReptiles updated to the current list of valid species
        (12,568)
      - allSynonymsRef and allSynonyms updated (55,130 and 112,626
        entries respectively)

  - reptSync:
    
      - fixed solveAmbiguous bug when the query did not match any names
        in the synonym list.
      - added fuzzy matching to the solveAmbiguous option.
      - silenced internal reptSearch outputs when cores = 1.

  - reptAdvancedSearch:
    
      - added verbose condition to warnings when no matches are found.

  - reptTidySyn:
    
      - ordered output by RBD column when filter = "merge" to facilitate
        visualization of which queried species to merge.

                     Changes in version 2025-10-20                      

  - General:
    
      - Official manuscript release
        https://journals.ku.edu/jbi/article/view/24329
      - Package website release
        https://joao-svalencar.github.io/letsRept/
      - improved functions documentation (corrected errors and missing
        information)
      - updated internal datasets (RDB September 2025 version)
      - updated vignettes

  - internal functions:
    
      - safeParallel modified to safely stop all clusters upon user
        interruption
      - implemented safeRequest to safely address server workload
      - clean_species_names, fixed hyphened names like "Simotes
        tri-notatus"

  - reptAdvancedSearch:
    
      - improved output in case of detecting single species (when
        searching for synonyms) = reptSearch

  - reptCompare:
    
      - implemented argument compareDataset to detect missing names in
        comparison with another dataset

-reptSpecies:

  - Only runs with parallel sampling, default is cores = 1.

  - reptSplitCheck:
    
      - implemented argument exact for optional search only for exact
        matches

  - reptSync:
    
      - status "synonymization" changed to "merge"
      - try fuzzy match before giving status "not_found"
      - added statuses "updated_typo" and "fuzzy_ambiguous" after fuzzy
        match

  - reptSynonyms:
    
      - Now works with vectors of valid names, does not require species
        links.
      - Only runs with parallel sampling, default is cores = 1.

                     Changes in version 2025-08-23                      

  - Fixed CRAN test issues by skipping network-dependent tests.
  - Made parallel calls safe on macOS (cores = 1 for tests).
  - Minor bugfixes and test updates.

                     Changes in version 2025-08-05                      

The package was renamed to letsRept

Major changes

  - reptSync() was fully redesigned for improved performance and
    flexibility. This change breaks compatibility with previous
    versions.
  - Added new function reptSplitCheck(). This function checks for
    potential taxonomic splits departing from a user defined date.
  - Added new function reptTidySyn(). This function prints to the
    console the outcomes of reptSync and reptSplitCheck with an optional
    "filter" argument.
  - Added new function reptCompare(). This function compares a user
    species list with the internal dataset or with a subset provided by
    users
  - Added new function reptRefs(). This function retrieves the
    references and links to access them from a species account.
  - Added new function reptStats(). This function summarizes higher taxa
    information.
  - Added helper splitCheck() to support reptSplitCheck().

Other changes

  - I updated and expanded the vignettes to include the major changes