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selfupdate

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Versions in this module

v0

v0.2.1

Sep 25, 2026

v0.2.0

Sep 25, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const CheckInterval

type Updater

+ Name string

+ Owner string

+ ReleaseURL string

+ Repo string

+ Token string

+ Version string

+ func (updater Updater) CachePath() string

+ func (updater Updater) Check(ctx context.Context, cachePath string, now time.Time) string

v0.1.0

Sep 17, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const StaleUnitProblem

+ func Compare(a, b string) int

+ func DefaultAssetName(binary, tag string) string

+ func InstallDir() (string, error)

+ func Newer(candidate, current string) bool

+ func Restart(delay time.Duration)

+ func Supervised() bool

+ type Asset struct

+ ID int64

+ Name string

+ Size int64

+ type Config struct

+ APIBase string

+ APITimeout time.Duration

+ AssetName func(tag string) string

+ BinaryName string

+ CurrentVersion string

+ Dirs map[string]string

+ DownloadTimeout time.Duration

+ ExpectedUnit string

+ HTTPTransport http.RoundTripper

+ InstallDir string

+ MaxAssetBytes int64

+ Owner string

+ Repo string

+ Token string

+ UnitPath string

+ UserAgent string

+ type Release struct

+ Assets []Asset

+ Draft bool

+ Name string

+ Prerelease bool

+ Published string

+ TagName string

+ func (r Release) FindAsset(name string) (Asset, bool)

+ type Result struct

+ Asset string

+ Replaced []string

+ Version string

+ type Status struct

+ InstallDir string

+ Supervised bool

+ Unit UnitState

+ Writable bool

+ WriteProblem string

+ func (s Status) CanInstall() bool

+ func (s Status) Problems() []string

+ type UnitState int

+ const UnitCurrent

+ const UnitStale

+ const UnitUnknown

+ type Updater struct

+ func New(cfg Config) (*Updater, error)

+ func (u *Updater) AssetNameFor(tag string) string

+ func (u *Updater) Available(ctx context.Context) (Release, bool, error)

+ func (u *Updater) CheckBundle(r io.Reader) error

+ func (u *Updater) Install(ctx context.Context, release Release) (Result, error)

+ func (u *Updater) InstallLatest(ctx context.Context) (Result, error)

+ func (u *Updater) Latest(ctx context.Context) (Release, error)

+ func (u *Updater) Status() Status

+ func (u *Updater) UnitState() UnitState