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In the post on Git Updater Lite I referred to Git Updater as the update server. I believe this to be somewhat inaccurate as what Git Updater is serving corresponds to an update API response. Perhaps a better description of what Git Updater’s role here is as an Update API server. Git Updater does not…
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Given the recent concerns regarding publishing plugins or themes on wordpress.org, there has been much interest in other methods of distribution and updating within the ecosystem. Git Updater is a method of providing this type of service but it does have a drawback. The user must install and activate the Git Updater plugin along with…
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The need or desire to use a personal remote management service makes a few assumptions. Any references to GitHub Updater are now to Git Updater. Git Updater allows for updating of plugins and themes that are developed outside of the official WordPress repository. Often these projects reside in GitHub, Bitbucket, or GitLab. Updating these repositories…
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If you maintain your codebase on GitHub, or another git host, the standard download of your repository from within GitHub is an automatically generated zipfile created from your repository. GitHub Updater uses this generated zipfile when it updates or installs a repository from GitHub. Build Processes Sometimes your project may require build tools such as…
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Gitea is the new kid on the block for creating a self-hosted git server. Gitea is written in Go and is highly performant with very low overhead. In fact, Gitea is so efficient you can run it on a Raspberry Pi. There’s another post coming about that. 😉 As with most integrations of new git…
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In July it will have been 5 years since the first commit to GitHub Updater. In its 5 year span it has grown significantly in its evolution from a single file plugin to the complex integrated object oriented plugin that exists today. Version 8 will see a bump in the requirement to at least PHP…