GitHub Release Updater

Make an update.exe that checks github for new releases and updates the current directory if behind.

Setup

1. Have python3
2. Download and extract this repo
3. Run pip install -Ur requirements.txt

Configuration

• Set repo_url in update.py
• Run .\build.cmd
• Copy update.exe to your project you want to auto update

Usage Details

• Will only grab the latest release artifact
• Expects that artifact to be a zip
• Creates and maintains an update.txt with the latest releases' publish timestamp

Downsides

I might fix these issues later if necessary

• Simply overwrites files (watch out for user configurations, default saves)
• Will redudantly download and overwrite unchanged files (no file hashing or manifest usage)
• Doesn't support architecture selection
• No configuration for installation paths
• Windows only

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.