Best way to update a script?

[allaire]

If an app script removed some stuff to symlinks, but you ran mackup backup with the previous version and symlinked more files than the new version. Is there a better way to be up to date without running mackup uninstall, remove Mackup directory and then run mackup backup?

[lra]

Yep that's a tough problem.
One of the thing I had in mind was to have mackup check any file in the Mackup Dropbox folder, and put it back to it's original place if there is no link for it anymore.

Thoughts ?

[allaire]

That would be great!

[lra]

Added to the TODO
To answer your question, right now, the best way is to copy back the files manually at their original place =/

[allaire]

Yes, or do mackup uninstall (which does that), then I delete the Mackup directory in my dropbox (shouldn't it be already whipped since uninstall should remove all symlinks and put back original?), and then run Mackup backup again. This ensure that every app run the latest script from its version. Thoughts?

[lra]

I don't want to delete the Mackup folder after uninstall for 2 reasons:

• I want to keep the history of you config in mackup
• I want people to still have the original files if mackup is uninstalling the files in a weird place, in case something goes wrong (you never know, a link to /dev/null and you loose a private key ?)

Deleting the mackup folder in dropbox seems to be easy enough to balance with the security of keeping the files after uninstallation. But maybe I'm too cautious =)

[allaire]

Got it. I always make sure to backup it first on desktop before deleting it and running mackup backup again :)

[lra]

Dupe of #605