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+# v0.8.0
+
+* New [ConvTranspose layer](https://github.com/FluxML/Flux.jl/pull/311).
+* Datasets are now [hash verified on download](https://github.com/FluxML/Flux.jl/pull/585) to avoid corruption.
+* We now [zero the initial state for RNNs](https://github.com/FluxML/Flux.jl/pull/590/).
+* [Normalisation can now work on arbitrary `dims`.](https://github.com/FluxML/Flux.jl/pull/592)
+* Many docs and bugfixes thanks to @KristofferC and others.
+* [NamedTuples now work like Tuples](https://github.com/FluxML/Flux.jl/pull/603) when doing `mapleaves`.
+* New "performance tips" [section of the docs](https://github.com/FluxML/Flux.jl/pull/615).
+* The training loop is [now more readable](https://github.com/FluxML/Flux.jl/pull/651) and better shows how to use the lower-level APIs.
+
+AD Changes:
+
+* `det`, `logdet` and `logabsdet` [now have adjoints](https://github.com/FluxML/Flux.jl/pull/596/files).
+* Support for [PermuteDimsArray](https://github.com/FluxML/Flux.jl/pull/576).
+
+# v0.7.0
+
+Despite the heroic efforts of scholars and archeologists, pre-0.7 history is lost to the sands of time.