Here's a short overview about the changes found in version 4.5.0:

* Types: Fix install types (Steven Armstrong)
* Core: Add -r command line option for setting remote base path (Steven Armstrong)
* Core: Allow manifest and gencode scripts to be written in any language (Darko Poljak)
* Documentation: Improvements to the english and fix typos (Mesar Hameed)
* Core: Merge -C custom cache path pattern option from beta branch (Darko Poljak)
* Core: Improve and cleanup logging (Darko Poljak, Steven Armstrong)
* Core: Remove deprecated -d option (Darko Poljak)
* Type __file: If no --source then create only if there is no file (Ander Punnar)
* Core: Ignore directory entries that begin with dot('.') (Darko Poljak)
* Core: Fix parallel object prepare and run steps and add nonparallel type marker (Darko Poljak)

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