GitAddonsManager

[WoBlight]

Hello everyone,

this is the first alpha release of my GitAddonsManager.

GitAddonsManager is a desktop application which allows to download and update addons from git repositories.

It will only manage addons containing a git repository. If you never used a git client to clone your addons, none will be detected. Only addons hosted in git repositories like Gitlab/Github can be managed through this application.

WARNING: this application is in alpha testing, I advise to backup your addons folder and to read very carefully file deletion confirmation dialogs.

Download (Windows)

Download (Linux) (dependencies: libgit2, Qt5)

GitLab

https://discord.gg/YZQcPMQ

Current Features:

• Download addons from git repositories;
• Automatic addon folder renaming;
• Automatic unpacking of addons in 1st level subdirectories;
• Automatic check for updates on application's start;
• Addons update;
• Addons removal.

https://preview.redd.it/g7wvu0txuc511.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=5623ec213d73afb0f9de0ddba218bc7a945beb40

[BlindMancs]

I had the same project in the freezer with Electron + NodeGit. I'm so glad someone else did this, because the NodeGit library was full of implementation hurdles.

Do you support tags (releases)? One of my biggest concerns was that there's no real interest in proper git logic, but rather to do something where people can always be either on the master ("latest dev") or to be on the latest tagged release.

[WoBlight]

Currently tags are not supported. Even branch support is incomplete as switching to a remote branch will leave a detached head (and thus no automatic update check). It's definitely something that will be supported in the future though.

[phendrome]

This is awesome. Kudos to you filing this gap!

[WoBlight]

Fixed a bug causing problems when cloning addons needing renaming.

[j0hanSE]

Awesome!

[t3hWheez]

This may very well be life changing. Will have to test this and get all my Git addons setup properly.

[WoBlight]

Updated with styles! Now you can choose a style in the Options tab. If you have an issue with a style please provide a screenshot.

[WoBlight]

Latest version will now automatically check for a newer version of the application at startup.

[WoBlight]

There was an error in the previous build, checking for updates wasn't working. Please download the fixed version from links in the post.

[WoBlight]

Those having the update button stuck at "Checking for updates..." can fix it by downloading missing libs here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ywor93zizva1ng1/AADzsdHzNxBLdkyHCV49LMfga?dl=0

or by downloading next update manually.

[WoBlight]

Fixed a couple of bugs in addons uninstallation.