update

Documentation

Overview

Package update implements the self updating mechanism

Index

• type Checker
  • func NewUpdateChecker() *Checker
  • func (u *Checker) CheckForAvailableUpdates()
  • func (u *Checker) UpdateApplication() (err error)

Types

type Checker

type Checker struct {
}

Checker is a struct solely to prevent expose functions without setting up first

func NewUpdateChecker

func NewUpdateChecker() *Checker

NewUpdateChecker returns a new update checker

func (*Checker) CheckForAvailableUpdates

func (u *Checker) CheckForAvailableUpdates()

CheckForAvailableUpdates checks if any new releases exist and prints a notification if there is a new release

func (*Checker) UpdateApplication

func (u *Checker) UpdateApplication() (err error)

UpdateApplication downloads the update and directly updates the application