- Introduced a new method `apply_default_string` to streamline the application of default values for string fields in build flags.
- Enhanced `apply_flags_table` to utilize the new method for setting various build flags, improving code readability and maintainability.
- Added support for additional build flags: `fuse_ld`, `ranlib`, `strip`, `nm`, `objcopy`, `objdump`, and `readelf`.
- Implemented a new command `set` to manage tool aliases for compilers, linkers, and shells, allowing users to set preferred tools in the build environment.
- Improved error handling and validation for tool alias configuration, ensuring that existing non-symlink files are not replaced.
- Added tests to verify the correct behavior of tool alias management and build flag application.
- Added `check.rs` to handle package update checks, including logic for determining available updates from remote git repositories and archive listings.
- Introduced `versions.rs` to manage version patterns, comparison logic, and extraction of candidate versions from git refs and archive listings.
- Implemented `hex.rs` for encoding byte arrays to lowercase hexadecimal strings.