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Preventing the manifest.json from locking custom git packages

Discussion in 'Package Manager' started by Lowthyst, Feb 5, 2020.

  1. Lowthyst

    Lowthyst

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    Hello everyone !

    I am currently using custom packages with git and it's working fine, however I would like to know wheter it is possible to let Unity automatically update my packages whenever it detects a new version of them.
    I have tried removing manually the "lock" attributes in the manifest.json but whenever a new version is downloaded, the lock is automatically rewritten.

    Thanks in advance!
     
    Lowthyst, Feb 5, 2020
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  2. ethan_jl_unity

    ethan_jl_unity

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    Hi there,

    It is the desired behaviour for Unity to lock the version when you install a package (to improve stability, prevent new versions breaking your package, etc). Currently there isn't any way to automatically update a package as it gets an update, and I am not sure if we are planning to support auto update for stability reasons.

    What you have been doing would be a good way to manually trigger an update. We might be adding a manual button for that in the future but nothing is planned yet.

    Best,
    Ethan
     
    ethan_jl_unity, Feb 5, 2020
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  3. Lowthyst

    Lowthyst

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    Thank you Ethan!
     
    Lowthyst, Feb 5, 2020
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