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+**Added:**
+
+* Codecov badge in the README.
+* Development guide in the documentation for build variants, running a subset of the unit tests, coverage analysis and testing changes with ``diffpy.srreal``.
+* Release notes for version 1.4.1 in ``CHANGELOG.rst``.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* Restructure the README to follow the scikit-package template and point to the ``requirements`` folder instead of listing dependencies.
+* Describe the clang-format and codespell pre-commit hooks in the README.
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* Outdated ``docs/development_instructions.md``, replaced by the development guide.
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>