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@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ project is built upon the functions found in the `lib` folder. See the
 
 Read [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org) for details. Briefly, it means:
 
-- Patch (x.y.Z) - Incremented for small, backwards compatible, bug fixes.
-- Minor (x.Y.z) - Incremented for new, backwards compatible, public API enhancements/fixes.
 - Major (X.y.z) - Incremented for any backwards incompatible public API changes.
+- Minor (x.Y.z) - Incremented for new, backwards compatible, public API enhancements/fixes.
+- Patch (x.y.Z) - Incremented for small, backwards compatible, bug fixes.
 
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