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

guessica 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.

Updating a PKGBUILD may or may not work. guessica will be doing its best, by guessing. Take a backup of your PKGBUILD first, if you need to.

General info

• Version: 0.0.2
• License: MIT
• Author: Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>

Documentation

Index

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

Functions

func GuessSourceString

func GuessSourceString(pkgbuildContents 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.