[Feature]: Opt-out auto update feature

[bitsnaps]

1. Why Do You NEED This Feature?

Sometimes (and most cases for me) users want to access the command line to check some important information (configuration, previous chat...), and forcing the auto-update at this moment can be very frustrating, I wish I can disable the auto-update feature, or at least ask the user to update later, just like the zsh does for the update notice. I couldn't find any way to disable update looking at the docs.

2. What Is NOT Possible Right Now?

Currently, I cannot disable the auto-update feature, and it takes too long, specially when working with low-internet access area or OTG.

3. What WILL Be Possible With This Feature?

This feature will give the user more control whether he/she want to upgrade now or later.

Proposed Solution (User Experience)

I think the best way to implement this feature is to his feature is make it as simple as: ask the user if he/she want to upgrade now with Y/n question, and one more global boolean setting for enableAutoUpdate defaults to false.

Alternatives Considered

run with --no-upgrade argument.

Feature Category

AI/LLM Integration

Priority/Impact

Critical - Blocking my work

Examples from Other Tools

Most of the CLI tools I used ask when downloading updates, the most recents: gemini-cli, qwen-code, ohmyzsh...

Additional Context

No response

Pre-submission Checklist

• I have searched existing issues and confirmed this is not a duplicate
• I am willing to submit a PR to implement this feature

[n-prat]

While at it, it would probably be best to make sure to not change the path; eg on Arch I have it installed with the AUR, but auto-update adds itself to my ~/.local/bin which is a bit jarring.

which -a forge

/home/USER/.local/bin/forge
/home/USER/.local/bin/forge
/usr/bin/forge

pacman -Qo /home/USER/.local/bin/forge

error: No package owns /home/USER/.local/bin/forge

IMHO, at the very least, auto-update should try to update its current path and fail gracefully b/c of permission if installed system-wide [pretty much like claude-code, gemini-cli, opencode etc.]