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

Try to detect the latest version

guessica PKGBUILD

Try to 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: 1.0.0
• License: MIT
• Author: Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>

Documentation

Index

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

Constants

const VersionString = "Guessica 1.0.0"

VersionString contains the name and current version of Guessica

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"