cat-self-update

Context

Currently dogfooding.

Usage

Reference implementation of self-update for Windows Rust.

Approach

Prioritizes simple implementation.

Plans

• The following features are planned to be implemented in the library crate:
  • auto-update
  • background-check
  • force-update (when an update is detected by background-check)
  • Notice upon app termination (when an update is detected by background-check)

install

cargo install --force --git https://github.com/cat2151/cat-self-update

Run

cat-self-update update
cat-self-update check

Note

Requires Python to function correctly.

Operational Notes

• Ideal: If there’s a bug fix for this library, apps using it should be able to automatically detect it and perform cargo install.
• Analysis: However, to achieve this, the ‘cost incurred solely for this library’ on the app side would be substantial and disproportionate.
• Reality: If the update subcommand itself, which utilizes this library, crashes, re-run cargo install.