v9.6.0 (2025-03-09)

Feat

• Add _copier_operation variable (#1733)
• context: expose a _copier_phase context variable

Fix

• explicitly specify file encoding for windows (#2007)
• auto-detect encoding when reading external data file
• settings: auto-detect encoding when reading settings file
• cli: auto-detect encoding when reading unicode-encoded file specified with
  --data-file
• expose only answers in question rendering context
• ignore $file if $file.tmpl exists when subdirectory is used
• decode external data file content explicitly as UTF-8
• decode answers file content explicitly as UTF-8

Refactor

• use common answers file loader