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 * The `--compiled-modules` and `--pkgimages` flags can now be set to `existing`, which will
   cause Julia to consider loading existing cache files, but not to create new ones ([#50586]
   and [#52573]).
-* The `--project` argument now accepts `@script` to give a path to a directory with a Project.toml relative to the passed script file. `--project=@script/foo` for the `foo` subdirectory. If no path is given after (i.e. `--project=@script`) then (like `--project=@`) the directory and its parents are searched for a Project.toml ([#50864] and [#53352])
+* The `--project` argument now accepts `@script` to give a path to a directory with a Project.toml relative to the passed script file. `--project=@script/foo` for the `foo` subdirectory. If no path is given after (i.e. `--project=@script`) then (like `--project=@.`) the directory and its parents are searched for a Project.toml ([#50864] and [#53352])
 
 Multi-threading changes
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