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+# CHANGES
+
+## 1.3.0
+
+* Fixes `valid_q` value of `seq-valid` json report.  Always returned false previously.
+* Correct command line help text for `seq-valid` input option.
+* Extends the `seq-valid` json report to include the ascii range detected and which types of
+phred score these align to.
+* Additional command line options for `seq-valid`
+  * `-o | --output` - Generates an interleaved gzip compressed fastq file when input is paired fastq
+  * `-q | --qc` - Specify the number of pairs to be used when assessing the phred quality range
+    * Added for performance reasons
+
+## 1.2.1
+
+* More informative exceptions for low-level issues
+
+## 1.2.0
+
+* Changes to command line, using sub commands now
+* Changed test framework
+* Add travis and codeclimate checks
+
+## 1.1.0
+
+* Fixed issue of `json.loads()` in py<3.5 being unable to decode resource string to utf-8 automatically.
+* Adds a UUID to the header of a processed manifest if incoming not set
+* Improve documentation
+
+## 1.0.0
+
+Early functional release
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ Installation is via `pip`.  Simply execute with the path to the packaged distrib
 
 ```bash
 pip install --find-links=~/wheels cgp_seq_input_val
+# or
+pip install https://github.com/cancerit/cgp_seq_input_val/archive/master.tar.gz
 ```
 
 ### Package Dependancies
@@ -133,10 +135,7 @@ For testing/coverage (`./run_tests.sh`)
 
 ```
 source env/bin/activate # if not already in env
-pip install pytest
-pip install pytest-cov
-pip install pep8
-pip install radon
+pip install -r requirements.txt
 gem install --user-install mdl
 ```
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     'url': 'https://github.com/cancerit/cgp_seq_input_val',
     'download_url': '',
     'author_email': 'cgphelp@sanger.ac.uk',
-    'version': '1.2.1',
+    'version': '1.3.0',
     'python_requires': '>= 3.4',
     'setup_requires': ['pytest'],
     'install_requires': ['progressbar2', 'xlrd', 'xopen'],