auto-update is a Python package designed to update Python projects installed on client systems that do not have Git installed. It retrieves the latest release from a specified GitHub repository, compares it with the currently installed version, and updates the project accordingly.
auto-update is a Python package designed to update Python projects installed on client systems that do not have Git installed. It retrieves the latest release from a specified GitHub repository, compares it with the currently installed version, and updates the project accordingly.
You can install PyUpdater via pip:
pip install auto-update
Create a new file _auto_update.py in the project root. Replace owner with your github username and repo with your github repository. Replace release with your release name.
"""
{owner}/{repo}
{release}
"""
from auto_update import Updater
updater = Updater(__doc__.strip())
Updater will then check for updates and apply them if necessary. It will log its activities to a file named updater.log in the current directory.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
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auto-update is a Python package designed to update Python projects installed on client systems that do not have Git installed. It retrieves the latest release from a specified GitHub repository, compares it with the currently installed version, and updates the project accordingly.
We found that auto-update demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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