ajandClaude Sonnet 5
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Lets the desktop app self-update like CncSender, but only restarts after the user confirms via a clickable status-bar prompt -- an open, unsaved nest must never be discarded automatically. The feed URL is a blank-by- default, per-machine setting (File > Options), since it's operator infrastructure that doesn't belong in source control; Deploy-OpenNest.ps1 packages releases for whatever feed host/path the operator supplies. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Desktop auto-update
The Windows desktop app (OpenNest.exe) can self-update via
Velopack: OpenNest.UpdaterService polls a static
file feed every 30 minutes, downloads a newer release in the background, and
only restarts to apply it after the user confirms (a clickable status-bar
item appears once a download finishes). It never force-restarts; an open,
unsaved nest is never discarded automatically.
Configuring the feed
The feed URL is a per-machine setting
(OpenNest.Properties.Settings.UpdateFeedUrl), set from File > Options >
Auto-update feed URL. It is blank by default, which disables update checks
entirely — this is intentional: the feed URL is operator infrastructure, not
something that belongs in source control, so no default ships in the repo.
Enter a feed's base URL (http://host:port) and restart the app to pick it
up.
Velopack only applies updates to an installed copy (UpdateManager.IsInstalled);
running from a build output directory never attempts an update.
Hosting a feed
Any static file server that can serve a vpk pack output directory works.
scripts/Deploy-OpenNest.ps1 builds a self-contained win-x64 publish,
packs it with the vpk CLI (dotnet tool install -g vpk), and scps the
result to a directory you provide:
./scripts/Deploy-OpenNest.ps1 -FeedHost <host> -FeedUser <user> -RemoteDataDir <path>
Bump <Version> in OpenNest/OpenNest.csproj before each run. This is
independent of the GitHub release process and of
Publish-Windows.ps1 — the latter always overrides <Version> via
-p:Version, so the two don't conflict.