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feat: answers file sits at the project root
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chore: version v2.1.0
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docs: readme and changelog for feature/root-answers-file
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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* feature/run-script: generated projects ship a run.sh for building, formatting with ruff, testing with pytest and building a wheel and sdist, with starter tests and ruff-clean code.
* feature/github-ci: generated projects ship the shared GitHub CI, a VERSION file and the shared Renovate settings, which copier update leaves alone.
* feature/makefile: generated projects ship a Makefile with build, format, format-dry-run, test and release targets in place of run.sh, with make in the dev container and the shared CI calling make.
* feature/root-answers-file: generated projects keep their Copier answers in `.copier-py-answers.yml` at the root rather than in `.copier-generic-project/`; existing projects move the file once before their next update.
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### Updating a Project

Generated projects keep their Copier answers in `.copier-py-answers.yml` at the project root. From there:

```bash
$ copier update --defaults --answers-file .copier-py-answers.yml
```

Projects generated before the answers file moved keep it in `.copier-generic-project/`. Move it once before updating:

```bash
$ git mv .copier-generic-project/.copier-py-answers.yml .copier-py-answers.yml
```


### Versioning and CI

The template's release version lives in `VERSION` as `vX.Y.Z`. Bump it in every change that should be released:
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v2.0.0
v2.1.0
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_min_copier_version: "9.10.0"
_subdirectory: template
_answers_file: .copier-generic-project/.copier-py-answers.yml
_answers_file: .copier-py-answers.yml

# the project owns these once created
_skip_if_exists:
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The project uses [Copier](https://copier.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) to manage its template. When the template is updated, the project can be easily brought up to date by running the following command from the project root:

```bash
$ copier update --defaults --answers-file .copier-answers.yml
$ copier update --defaults --answers-file .copier-py-answers.yml
```
When the `--defaults` option is used, copier update skips all previously answered questions and prompts only for newly introduced ones.