• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
  • Fixed notes in R CMD check.
  • Added non-emtpy return value to man files and update pca plot function.
  • Added *.Rproj into .gitignore.
  • Deleted *.Rproj file to stop git track.
  • Updated R dependency, delete .Rhistory file, move all generic functions to a separate file “AllGenerics.R”.
  • Removed paste in message().
  • Improved test coverage depth, modified demo vignette and update Suggests packages.
  • Linked external packages in vignette using BiocStyle functions, fixed the note of using paste in conditions.
  • Updated vignette for BiocStyle packages link functions.
  • Specify Matrix (<= 1.6.1.1) to avoid conflicts between SeuratObject and Matrix 1.6-2. Will fix to update to the latest version in BiocVersion 3.19.
  • Remove Matrix version bound.
  • Fix names mismatch problem when passing user-defined contrast matrix to DE analysis functions.
  • Update function remove_bg_exp() using Gaussian distribution percentiles to replace min-max scaling as relative exppression within each sample.
  • Add bioRxiv citation for mastR package.