Behavior of AE projects imported into AE projects

so I frequently bring older versions of projects into my current AE project, particularly when revising spots, what I want to understand clearly is the behaviour of AE projects once they are imported into a larger project.
If I make edits to the compositions of the nested project, are those changes saved back to the nested project's orginal file?  If I alter the original nested projects file, how much will it change instances of it nested in other projects?
thoughtful and considered answers are appreciated, I'm not a newb.
If there is a help page somewhere that explains all this behavior in detail then please post a link... tricky to find this answer at short notice and I'm on the clock...
ta!

and does somebody know if it would be possible in a way to get this interaction possible ?
for exemple , I make a template for colorgrading in a project that I would use in several ones.
If I want to adapt this colorgrading project, would I have to replace it in every other projects or there is a way to automatize it ?
Thanks

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