Check for addin / tool updates

[GeertvanHorrik]

I am maintaining a collection of shared build scripts where each file has its own addins / tools (so if we disable a file, it won't load / install the specific addins / tools required for this file).

However, it's a horrible task to check for updates of all the add-ins because I have to go through all the files, search in NuGet and update the version.

It would be fantastic if cake would have a "--versioncheck" (or something similar) that would return a json that:

1. Lists whether there is a new version of Cake itself
2. All available dependencies (and new versions if applicable)

Here is a quick mockup:

{
    "Cake": {
        "VersionInstalled": "1.0.0",
        "VersionAvailable": "1.0.1",
        "IsUpdateAvailable": true
    },
    "Addins": [
        {
            "Name": "Cake.Git",
            "VersionInstalled": "2.0.0",
            "VersionAvailable": "2.3.0",
            "IsUpdateAvailable": true
        },
        
        etc
    
    
    
    ],
    "Tools": 
    ... similar to addins

}

[nils-a]

@GeertvanHorrik Is that project hosted in GitHub and are the scripts filenames *.cake? If so https://github.com/nils-org/dependabot-cake-action could help you - it's a GitHub action to update references in Cake files, based on dependabot.

You can see the action in use here: https://github.com/cake-contrib/Cake.7zip/blob/develop/.github/workflows/dependabot-cake.yml
and the PR at cake-contrib/Cake.7zip#92 was created using that Workflow

[GeertvanHorrik]

That is fantastic, thanks! Will try it out :)

[GeertvanHorrik]

It seems to work, thank you very much for your work and tips!

https://github.com/GeertvanHorrik/RepositoryTemplate/runs/1775589468?check_suite_focus=true

[augustoproiete]

@GeertvanHorrik your collection of Cake build scripts looks awesome! 🤩

Would you be interested in writing a little description of the scripts you have so far and how you're using them today, in a post in the Show & Tell here on GH discussions and/or publishing a blog post on the Cake website?

[GeertvanHorrik]

Sure, happy to do that. I will try to find some time later this week.