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 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^\.buildkite.*
 ^revdep$
+^cran-comments.md$
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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+## Test environments
+* local windows 7 install, R 3.5.1
+* debian 9.4, R 3.4.1
+* win-builder (devel and release)
+
+## R CMD check results
+There were no ERRORs or WARNINGs.
+
+There was 1 NOTE:
+
+* New submission
+
+* Possibly mis-spelled words in DESCRIPTION:
+  Omics (3:30)
+  omics (9:126)
+  
+  Both are spelled correctly. First is capital because of title case.
+
+## Downstream dependencies
+I have also run R CMD check on downstream dependencies of wilson 
+(https://github.molgen.mpg.de/loosolab/wilson/tree/master/revdep). 
+All packages that I could install passed.