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https://github.com/zalexanninev15/gru
Updater for applications from GitHub.
https://github.com/zalexanninev15/gru
curl downloader github-release latest-version portable releases rust rust-lang scripting updater wget windows
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Updater for applications from GitHub.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/zalexanninev15/gru
- Owner: Zalexanninev15
- License: mit
- Created: 2022-08-20T18:44:13.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-05-07T12:57:03.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-07T13:39:50.525Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: curl, downloader, github-release, latest-version, portable, releases, rust, rust-lang, scripting, updater, wget, windows
- Language: Rust
- Homepage:
- Size: 1010 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# Github Release Updater
[](https://github.com/Zalexanninev15/GRU)
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## Description
Updater for applications from GitHub. It has a huge number of convenient settings and it supports multiple downloaders, and can also download files not from GitHub based only on the release.
## Features
- Features of fine-tuning the update process, a huge number of arguments for incredibly fine-tuning asset downloads from GitHub and beyond...
- Support for releases without assets, the file itself will be downloaded from another site via a direct link ([example](https://github.com/Zalexanninev15/GRU#example-visual-studio-code))
- Using, at the user's choice, as many as three types of downloader: **curl**, **wget**, **integrated** (built-in downloader).
- Using the console **7-Zip** allows you to unpack almost all kinds of release archives.
- Automatically kill the process of the updated application when updating, which eliminates possible difficulties when updating applications that are already running.
- Support for a custom script that runs after an application update (`script.bat` file).
- Clear and sufficiently self-sufficient documentation (run `gru.exe` without arguments).
- Support for determining the current version when using a specific argument for a more fine-grained application update process.
- Automatically cleans all temporary files after its work (there may be problems with some, but in most cases everything goes fine).
## System requirements
**OS:** Windows 10 build 1809+ (x64)/11. [Final version for x32](https://github.com/Zalexanninev15/GRU/releases/tag/1.4.0.1)
> Support for early OS versions is possible when using the built-in downloader ("integrated"), as well as when specifying the path to the executable files for "curl" or "wget".
> Support for Windows 7/8/8.1 (x64) and old builds of Windows 10 (x64) is possible, but not guaranteed and not tested, it may be necessary to recompile the project for outdated systems.
## Usage
1. Copy the `UpdateTools` folder from the archive to the application folder.
2. Run the `gru.exe` file with the arguments (the full list of arguments can be obtained by running `gru.exe`, even without console, just launching it.
3. The file/archive will be downloaded. If it is an archive, then it will be unzipped to a folder a level higher than the current one (i.e. you need to remove `UpdateTools` from the path). If it is a single file, then it will simply be moved (also to a higher level). The archive will be deleted automatically after unpacking.
### Example, [GitHub Desktop Portable by gek64](https://github.com/gek64/GitHubDesktopPortable)
```batch
gru.exe --repo gek64/GitHubDesktopPortable --app GitHubDesktopPortable.exe --with "paf" --main App\GitHubDesktop\GitHubDesktop.exe --tool wget
```
### Example, [Flameshot Portable](https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot)
```batch
gru.exe --repo flameshot-org/flameshot --app flameshot.exe --with "win64.zip" --script
```
📜 **Script:** [View](https://github.com/Zalexanninev15/GRU/blob/main/script.bat)
### Example, [draw.io Desktop](https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop)
```batch
gru.exe --repo jgraph/drawio-desktop --app app.exe --with "-windows-no-installer.exe" --no-extract
```
### Example, [ScreenToGif](https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif)
```batch
gru.exe --repo NickeManarin/ScreenToGif --app ScreenToGif.exe --with ".Portable.x64.zip" --tool curl
```
### Example, [Visual Studio Code](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode)
```batch
gru.exe --repo microsoft/vscode --app Code.exe --with "null" --link "https://code.visualstudio.com/sha/download?build=stable&os=win32-x64-archive"
```
## Build
1. Install all dependencies with Administrator rights (it is recommended to use packages from the [Scoop package manager](https://scoop.sh/))
```powershell
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression
```
Then:
```batch
scoop install git rust-gnu gcc
scoop bucket add extras
scoop install extras/resource-hacker rustup-gnu
```
2. Download the repository
```batch
git clone https://github.com/Zalexanninev15/GRU
cd .\GRU\
```
3. Close PowerShell :)
4. Copy the path (from **pwd** output) and replace `C:\\msys2\\` on your in the file **cargo.toml** (section `target.x86_64-pc-windows-gnu`)
Example:
```toml
[target.x86_64-pc-windows-gnu]
linker = "C:\\Users\\Den\\scoop\\apps\\msys2\\current\\mingw64\\bin\\gcc.exe"
ar = "C:\\Users\\Den\\scoop\\apps\\msys2\\mingw64\\bin\\ar.exe"
```
5. Compile the GRU with my script in PowerShell!
```powershell
.\build.ps1
```
6. The resulting file `gru.exe` will be in the project folder, not the release folder.