Unity Package Updater

Utility to update several unity packages at once.

Usage

Select Window > Tools > Window/Tools/Update Packages and check/uncheck the package you want to update.

The utility will not show you preview updates if the package version is not already in a preview version.

Installation

Using Open UPM

You can install this package using OpenUPM's command line tool:

openupm add dev.bullrich.package-updater

Adding the package to the Unity project manifest

• Navigate to the Packages directory of your project.

• Adjust the project manifest file manifest.json in a text editor.

  • Ensure https://registry.npmjs.org/ is part of scopedRegistries.
    • Ensure dev.bullrich is part of scopes.
  • Add dev.bullrich.package-updater to dependencies, stating the latest version.

  A minimal example ends up looking like this. Please note that the version X.Y.Z stated here is to be replaced with the latest released version which is currently .

  {
    "scopedRegistries": [
      {
        "name": "npmjs",
        "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/",
        "scopes": [
          "dev.bullrich"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "dependencies": {
      "dev.bullrich.package-updater": "X.Y.Z"
    }
  }

• Switch back to the Unity software and wait for it to finish importing the added package.

Add editor test

If you want to ensure that all packages are always up to date, you can add the unit tests which ensures that there is no update available.

If you want to add this test to your project you can add it following this steps:

• Navigate to the Packages directory of your project.

• Adjust the project manifest file manifest.json in a text editor.

  • Ensure dev.bullrich.package-updater is part of testables.

  A minimal example ends up looking like this.

  {
    "scopedRegistries": [
      ...
    ],
    "testables": [
      "dev.bullrich.package-updater"
    ],
    "dependencies": {
      ...
    }
  }

• In the Unity software select Main Menu -> Window -> Test Runner.

• Within the Test Runner window click on the EditMode tab and the click Run All button.

• If all the tests pass then the installation was successful.