Autoupdate to manifest url

[insertokername]

Hello everyone!

I was wondering if there was any way i could use the autoupdate name@version feature with a manifest specified as a path and not from a bucket.

For example lets say i have a manifest.json that has an autoupdate field. If I were to run:

scoop install ./manifest.json@20

I would receive the error: Couldn't find manifest for 'manifestjson@20'

Is there any workaround to this? Any flags i could set?

[niheaven]

Unfortunately, this feature is not available in Scoop now. You need to create a manifest containing the correct version.

[insertokername]

Could i start development on this myself?

I would like to add an option flag "-v" or something similar in which i can specify the autoupdate version, the -v flag overwriting the @ symbol.

For me adding buckets takes more time than installing the actual app and is really bothersome especially since i have to do this on multiple machines and wastes a bunch of time. Using a -v flag would be optimal for me in my situation and I'm sure i can find more uses for it. Adding the @ autoupdate selector to links would greatly lessen the time it takes for me to setup my machines.

Hope you consider allowing me to develop this feature!

[insertokername]

Sorry for the many messages but i have been looking around in the source and i think i have found an easier way of just implementing the original feature i was looking for.

Scoop/lib/core.ps1

Lines 1174 to 1180 in d337bb1

	function parse_app([string]$app) {
	if ($app -match '^(?:(?<bucket>[a-zA-Z0-9-_.]+)/)?(?<app>.*\.json$|[a-zA-Z0-9-_.]+)(?:@(?<version>.*))?$') {
	return $Matches['app'], $Matches['bucket'], $Matches['version']
	} else {
	return $app, $null, $null
	}
	}

Changing this regex to

^(?:(?<bucket>[a-zA-Z0-9-_.]+)/)?(?<app>.*\.json|[a-zA-Z0-9-_.]+)(?:@(?<version>.*))?$'

(removing the $ after .json) seems to accomplish exactly what i was looking for in the original request. Examining the regex more i can't seem to find any conflicts that may be caused by removing the $ anchor.

Looking forward to your feedback!

[niheaven]

You are right, please submit a PR and I'll review it.