backstage/.changeset/polite-pumas-joke.md

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The new command is now powered by a new template system that allows you to define your own templates in a declarative way, as well as import existing templates from external sources. See the CLI templates documentation for more information.

The following flags for the new command have been deprecated and will be removed in a future release:

• --license=<license>: Configure the global license instead.
• --no-private: Configure the global private instead.
• --baseVersion=<version>: Configure the global version instead.
• --npmRegistry=<url>: Configure the global publishRegistry instead.
• --scope=<scope>: Configure the global namePrefix and/or namePluginInfix instead.

As part of this change the template IDs and their options have changed. The following backwards compatibility mappings for the --select and --option flags are enabled when using the default set of templates, but they will also be removed in the future:

• --select=plugin is mapped to --select=frontend-plugin instead.
• --option=id=<id> is mapped to --option=pluginId=<id> instead.