gh-autoupdater v1.1.0

AutoUpdater

Compare local package.json and remote package.json and if versions don't match, copy remote files

Installation

npm install gh-autoupdater

How it works?

• Compare local version with remote version
• If versions don't match, download the repository
• Copy files to local
• Compare local dependencies with remote dependencies
• If dependencies don't match, install the remote dependencies

Config

• repo: 'http://github.com/user/repo' - The url to the root of a git repository to update from.
• branch: 'main' - The branch to update from.
• temp: './temp-update' - The local dir to save temporary information for the update.
• ignore: ['.git',...] - An array of files for not copiyng when updating.
• testing: false - If true, copy update inside ./testing folder.
• dev: false - If true, ignore the update.
• token: 123456... - If you are using a private repository you should use a personal access token for downloading it

This values are the default values

Events

• out-dated(localVersion, remoteVersion) - Local version is out-dated
• up-to-date(version) - Versions match
• download.start(repo) - Download started from the repository
• download.end - Files downloaded
• update.start - Copying files from "tepm folder"
• modules.start - Installing dependencies
• modules.end(modules) - Dependencies installed
• end - All is over

Example

const AutoUpdate = require('gh-autoupdater');

const update = new AutoUpdate({
  repo: 'https://github.com/user/repo',
  branch: 'main',
  temp: './temp-update',
  testing: false,
});

// Initialize update
update.autoUpdate();

// Events
update.on('out-dated', (local, remote) => {
  console.log('Out-dated: Local-' + local + ' Remote-' + remote);
});
update.on('up-to-date', (local) => {
  console.log('Up to date: local-' + local);
});
update.on('modules.start', () => {
  console.log('Updating dependencies...');
});
update.on('modules.end', (modules) => {
  console.log('Dependencies updated: ');
  console.log(modules);
});
update.on('download.start', (repo) => {
  console.log('Downloading files from: ' + repo);
});
update.on('download.end', () => {
  console.log('Files downloaded');
});
update.on('update.start', () => {
  console.log('Copying files...');
});
update.on('end', () => {
  console.log('Application updated');
});