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Notify when newer versions are available

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go
Domain
cli

Research direction

The issue does not name any files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the CLI startup flow and how its current version is defined or reported, then identify the project's release source. Done means the CLI checks for a newer version and notifies users according to an agreed update interval or version threshold, with behavior covered by tests.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

enhancement

The CLI should check for and notify the user when a newer version is available, as these usually have bug fixes and new features. Sometimes, breaking changes to APIs require that the user update the CLI.

If "update fatigue" is a concern, one could limit the notifications to certain intervals (e.g. once a day) or when the difference in major/minor/patch versions exceeds a certain threshold.

Dominant language
Go
Stars
2
Forks
5
Avg merge
3h 49m
Merged PRs (30d)
34

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