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 # version 1.0-16
 
+* `st_join()` no longer renames the geometry column; #2327
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 * `st_sample()` works when unprojected polygon geometry crosses the antemeridian; #2331
 
 * clean up and modernization of S3 registration of methods and tests; #2285, #2288, #2316, #2341, #2342, by @olivroy