guessica

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Guessica

Update a PKGBUILD file by guessing the latest version number and finding the latest git tag and hash online.

Installation (development version)

go get -u github.com/xyproto/guessica/cmd/guessica

Usage

Detect the latest version

guessica PKGBUILD

Detect the latest version and write the changes back to the PKGBUILD

guessica -i PKGBUILD

Note

The pkgver and source arrays will be guessed by searching the project webpage as defined by the url. For for projects on GitHub, github.com may also be visited.

General info

• Version: 1.1.2
• License: BSD-3
• Author: Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>

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Documentation

Overview

Package guessica provides a way to guess the latest source URL for a PKGBUILD

Index

• Constants
• Variables
• func GuessSourceString(pkgbuildContents, commonGitServer string) (string, string, error)
• func UpdateFile(filename string) error

Constants

const VersionString = "Guessica 1.1.2"

VersionString contains the name and current version of Guessica

Variables

var SpecificSites = []string{"github.com", "gitlab.com", "sr.ht"}

SpecificSites adds extra support for examining specific URLs at certain git repository sites

Functions

func GuessSourceString

func GuessSourceString(pkgbuildContents, commonGitServer string) (string, string, error)

GuessSourceString is the function that is meant to be used from this source file It takes the contents of a PKGBUILD file and returns a new "source=" string. The new version number is guessed after looking online for a newer source. The git commit is included in the "source=" string, if possible. Returns the new pkgver and the new source. commonGitServer is often set to ie. "github.com"

func UpdateFile

func UpdateFile(filename string) error

UpdateFile will try to update the version in a given PKGBUILD filename