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+This release represents **7 contributions by 3 contributors** to the main Hugo code base.
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+Many have also been busy writing and fixing the documentation in [hugoDocs](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoDocs), 
+which has received **9 contributions by 4 contributors**. A special thanks to [@bep](https://github.com/bep), [@Jibec](https://github.com/Jibec), [@Nick-Rivera](https://github.com/Nick-Rivera), and [@kaushalmodi](https://github.com/kaushalmodi) for their work on the documentation site.
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+Hugo now has:
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+* 23100+ [stars](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/stargazers)
+* 448+ [contributors](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/graphs/contributors)
+* 197+ [themes](http://themes.gohugo.io/)
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+## Enhancements
+
+### Templates
+
+* Ensure site templates can override theme templates [084cf419](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/084cf4191b3c1e7590a4223fd9251019ef5d4c21) [@moorereason](https://github.com/moorereason) [#3505](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/3505)
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+### Core
+
+* Add additional test to TestTemplateLookupOrder [fc06d5c1](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/fc06d5c18bb1e47f90f0297aa8121ee0775e047d) [@moorereason](https://github.com/moorereason) [#3505](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/3505)
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+### Other
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+* Add documentation for smart cropping etc. [694c0fd7](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/694c0fd7630ebfb87f1afff712830e96266ed761) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
+* Add smart cropping [722086b4](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/722086b4ed3e77d1aba6724474bec06d08e7de06) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#4375](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/4375)
+* Increase data directory test coverage [4743de0d](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/4743de0d3c7564fc06972074e903d5502d204353) [@vassudanagunta](https://github.com/vassudanagunta) [#4138](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/4138)
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+## Fixes
+
+### Core
+
+* Fix broken TestTemplateLookupOrder [9a367d9d](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/9a367d9d06db6f6cf22121d0397c464ae36e7089) [@moorereason](https://github.com/moorereason) 
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+### Other
+
+* Fix JSON array-based data file handling regression [4402c077](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/4402c077754991df19c3bbab0c4a671dcfdc192c) [@vassudanagunta](https://github.com/vassudanagunta) [#4361](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/4361)
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