Ping @DenisChenu, I didn't start yet but will ping you on commits when I have something :)

Btw, do you want an update by a local "git pull" to a tag, or fetching a zip file?

I think it's better to have a zip dl, no ?

PS : i need to really check how it work to create my own update server too.

It should be enough to check the git tags and compare with local version. So local computer would need git installed. Maybe need to be configured for both Windows and Linux.

git tag usage ?

Let's play with skelvanilla, i do the update

Yes, git tag. Tag your versions on git, then git pull tags from local installation, compare with version, config.xml.

With tag : no way to have 2 different branch ? One for 3.X, one for 5.X one for testing purpose (for example)

What about: The updater reads a remote JSON file instead of a git repo? The JSON can be written manually or be an API. JSON contains array of object, each object describes plugin name and latest version available.

An xml file … config.xml for example … ;)

No, I don't want to read remote XML... Security issues and crap. JSON is better.

mocking ;)

Boooo :D

So the updater needs two thing:

1) Link to JSON file (includes plugin name and version, and maybe new zip file location to download from)
2) Link to ZIP file to update with (can be included in the JSON file)

:+1:

and after we can find a solution to allow parameters in ZIP file :)