26.1.0

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Features

• ancestral, translate: Add --skip-validation as an alias to --validation-mode=skip. #1656 (@victorlin)
• clades: Allow customizing the validation of input node data JSON files with --validation-mode and --skip-validation. #1656 (@victorlin)
• tree: When using iqtree, check for all synonyms of default args when detecting potential conflicts, e.g. --threads-max is equivalent to -ntmax. Previously, we were only checking for the latter. Also use new, preferred IQtree2 option names (e.g. --polytomy instead of -czb etc.). #1547 (@corneliusroemer)

Bug Fixes

• index: Previously specifying a directory that does not exist in the path to --output would result in an incorrect error stating that the input file does not exist. It now shows the correct path responsible for the error. #1644 (@victorlin)
• curate format-dates: Update help docs and improve failure messages to show use of --expected-date-formats. #1653 (@joverlee521)