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+Qt Creator 8.0.1
+================
+
+Qt Creator version 8.0.1 contains bug fixes.
+
+The most important changes are listed in this document. For a complete list of
+changes, see the Git log for the Qt Creator sources that you can check out from
+the public Git repository. For example:
+
+    git clone git://code.qt.io/qt-creator/qt-creator.git
+    git log --cherry-pick --pretty=oneline origin/v8.0.0..v8.0.1
+
+Editing
+-------
+
+### C++
+
+Projects
+--------
+
+### Compilation Database
+
+* Fixed project state when compilation database changes timestamp without
+  changing contents
+
+Platforms
+---------
+
+### macOS
+
+* Fixed crash of user applications that access protected resources
+  (QTCREATORBUG-27962)
+
+### Boot2Qt
+
+* Fixed crash when manually rebooting (QTCREATORBUG-27879)
+
+### QNX
+
+* Fixed debugger startup (QTCREATORBUG-27915)
+
+### Baremetal
+
+* Fixed running and debugging applications (QTCREATORBUG-27972)
+
+Credits for these changes go to:
+--------------------------------
+Alibek Omarov  
+André Pönitz  
+Christian Kandeler  
+Cristian Adam  
+Eike Ziller  
+Ivan Komissarov  
+Jaroslaw Kobus  
+Mahmoud Badri  
+Mats Honkamaa  
+Oswald Buddenhagen  
+Thomas Hartmann