zig default master

[marler8997]

The zig default command is meant to set the default compiler without fetching it. In contrast, when referencing the zig master version, the latest version is requested from the zig download site each time. This would mean that zigup default master would fail with "compiler not installed" if the website has published a new version since it was last fetched. That being said, the "spirit" of the default command is not to fetch anything, so in this case, I think it makes more sense to have zigup default master set the default compiler to the last master version that was fetched, rather than trying to get the latest version and fail most of the time.

[ghost]

Kind of speaking out of line here since I have not used zigup in a bit. Having default also fetch would have it overlap with fetch, no? In other compiler toolchains you explicitly have to pass update to, well, update the compiler to latest.

Also, having default fetch would have it overlap with this as well, no?

# fetch a compiler and set it as the default
zigup <version>
zigup master
zigup 0.6.0

[marler8997]

Yeah if zig default VERSION also fetched, then it would be exactly the same as zig VERSION, not very helpful.

[ghost]

I guess you can have zig default <VERSION> fetch only if that version is not installed yet. And of course set it as default then.

[iddev5]

@cmyka1b2c3d4 what you are asking for is already done by zigup <VERSION> command. The spirit of zigup default <VERSION> is to set the mentioned version as default and show an error if it is not installed, i,e it does not fetch anything in any case.