Fix

• vcs: fix Git tag lookup for template SSH URLs without ssh:// scheme

Fix

• vcs: fix Git tag lookup for relative local template paths
• vcs: support git worktrees in is_git_repo_root (#2586)
• migrations: use configurable Jinja delimiters for default migration condition

Refactor

• make YieldExtension self-contained

Security

• require --trust for _external_data paths outside subproject root
• disallow _subdirectory path outside template root

Feat

• cli: add --answers-file flag to check-update command

Fix

• only warn about dirty template when checking out HEAD
• cli: show only supported flags in check-update command help output

Fix

• vcs: make Git version parsing robust to vendor-suffixed patch versions

Feat

• add CLI subcommand check-update to check for new template version (#2463)

Refactor

• cli: call public run_* functions instead of internal Worker.run_* methods

Feat

• add new settings API with minimal surface
• re-export Phase enum at package level

Fix

• updating: apply skip-if-exists patterns as gitignore-style at subproject root in
  update algorithm
• updating: anchor removed file paths to project root in update algorithm
• updating: normalize user-deleted paths before skip-if-exists pattern matching
  during updates

Refactor

• typing: use builtin types in public API signatures
• deprecate public settings module and its symbols
• replace **kwargs with explicit parameters in run_{copy,recopy,update} functions

Fix

• updating: include non-question answers when generating fresh copy of new
  template
• updating: ignore Git hooks on internal checkout before 3-way merging file with
  conflicts (#2432)
• avoid pattern deprecation warning for pathspec v1.0.0+

Fix

• updating: restore support for preserved symlinks pointing outside subproject
  (#2427)

Security

• disallow symlink-based includes outside template root
• disallow symlink-following write operations outside destination directory (#2427)

Fix

• updating: avoid circular reference when rendering JSON-serialized _copier_conf
  variable