gerda 0.2.1

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Improved error message clarity for file extensions
• Changed message from “Format ignored” to “File extension (.rds or .csv) not required - adding it is optional”
• Simplified user messages by removing redundant information about data format independence
• Updated tests to match improved message format
• Fixed package structure issues for CRAN submission
• Removed non-standard files and directories from package root

gerda 0.2.0

New Features

• Added support for 2025 German federal election data
• New datasets available:
  • federal_muni_harm_21: Federal elections harmonized to 2021 boundaries (1990-2025)
  • federal_muni_harm_25: Federal elections harmonized to 2025 boundaries (1990-2025)

Breaking Changes

• Removed federal_muni_harm dataset (replaced by boundary-specific versions)
• Users should now use federal_muni_harm_21 or federal_muni_harm_25 depending on their boundary harmonization needs

Improvements

• Updated data coverage to include 2025 federal election results
• Improved dataset descriptions to clarify boundary harmonization
• Enhanced error messages with helpful suggestions for deprecated dataset names

Bug Fixes

• Updated all URLs to reflect new repository structure
• Fixed dataset count in documentation and tests

gerda 0.1.0

• Initial CRAN submission
• Access to German election data from 1990-2021
• Support for municipal, state, and federal election data
• Geographically harmonized datasets
• Cross-walk tables for boundary changes