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+- Added new copyright prefixes `spdx-string`, `spdx-string-c`, and
+  `spdx-string-symbol`. (#979)
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+- `reuse annotate --merge-copyrights` now works more reliably with copyright
+  prefixes. This still needs some work, though. (#979)