[QGIS-Developer] Deploy plugins directly from github

[Olivier Dalang]

Thanks Victor !

I just had a look, and I think there are a few drawbacks compared to the
workflow I was suggesting.

- updates are not available in the plugin manager, which also means there's
no notification
- the dev has no control on which tags are available since he doesn't
manage a plugin repository xml


In the meantime, I found I made a stupid mistake. Github downloads use a
redirect. If I use
https://codeload.github.com/dhlab-epfl/GlobalAtlas-qgis/zip/master instead
of https://github.com/dhlab-epfl/GlobalAtlas-qgis/archive/master.zip in the
xml file, the workaround works !

So the only problem is that one needs to append the name of the branch to
the plugin.

Maybe it would be a good idea to think a bit more about this type of
workflow and to support it officially within QGIS ?

Best,

Olivier




2017-07-20 14:59 GMT+00:00 Victor Olaya <volayaf at gmail.com>:

> I wrote this long time ago...
>
> https://github.com/volaya/github-updater
>
> I guess it might be helpful for you
>
> Cheers
>
> 2017-07-20 16:52 GMT+02:00 Olivier Dalang <olivier.dalang at gmail.com>:
> > Dear List,
> >
> > Using QGIS 2.18, I'm trying to find a way to deploy plugins directly from
> > github using the following procedure :
> >
> > 1. Add a plugin.xml file to my repo, with this content :
> >
> > <?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>
> >
> > <plugins>
> >     <pyqgis_plugin name="MyPlugin" version="0.0.13">
> >
> >         <version>0.0.13</version>
> >
> >         <author_name>Olivier Dalang</author_name>
> >
> >
> > <download_url>https://github.com/{username}/MyPlugin/archive/0.0.13.zip
> </download_url>
> >
> >         <file_name>MyPlugin-0.0.13.zip</file_name>
> >
> >     </pyqgis_plugin>
> > </plugins>
> >
> > 2. Add the xml repo in QGIS plugin manager
> > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{username}/MyPlugin/
> master/repository.xml
> >
> > 3. Create and push a tag named 0.0.13
> >
> > If this worked, it would be a big win, as it would allow to deploy
> plugins
> > updates really easily, just by creating tags and updating the xml file
> > whenever I want my users to update the plugin. It avoids having to create
> > the zip, host it somewhere else, and maintain an up to date xml
> separately
> > for each update.
> >
> > The only thing is that it doesn't work. I get an error on installing the
> > plugin : "Plugin installation failed. Failed to unzip package".
> >
> > Github appends the tag name (or branch name) to the downloaded folder
> > (inside the zip). When unpacking the zip, I get a folder called
> > MyPlugin-0.0.13 instead of just MyPlugin. I suspect this causes the
> problem.
> > I tried to workaround this problem by using the master branch, and
> renaming
> > my plugin to MyPlugin-master, but I still get the same error. Maybe it
> is so
> > that dashes are not supported at all in plugin names ?
> >
> > Was anyone able to setup such a workflow ?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Olivier
> >
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