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Author: cderv

NEWS.md

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 - `quarto_create_project()` gains a `title` argument to set the project title independently from the directory name. This allows creating projects with custom titles, including when using `name = "."` to create a project in the current directory (thanks, @davidkane9, #148). This matches with `--title` addition for `quarto create project` in Quarto CLI v1.5.15.
 
+- `quarto_use_template()` now supports using templates in another empty directory via the `dir` argument. However, the function will fail with a clear error message when used in non-empty directories, as interactive prompting is required and handled by Quarto CLI directly (requires Quarto 1.5.15+). Follow for [quarto-dev/quarto-cli#11127](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11127) for change with `--no-prompt` behavior in future Quarto versions.
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 - `quarto_render(output_file = )` now sets the `output-file` Quarto metadata instead of the `--output` CLI flag. This allows the output file information to correctly be processed by Quarto, as if passed in a YAML header. e.g. it allows to support multiple output formats in the same render call. `quarto_render(quarto_args = c('--output', 'dummy.html'))` can still be used to set the `--output` CLI flag to enforce using the CLI flag and not the metadata processed by Quarto (#251, #43).
 
 - Added `check_newer_version()` function to check if a newer version of Quarto is available. The function compares the current Quarto version against the latest stable and prerelease versions. It is aimed for verbosity by default (`verbose = TRUE`), but `verbose = FALSE` can also be set for just checking update availability with TRUE or FALSE return values. Version information is cached per session for up to 24 hours to minimize network requests.