Support updating libraries to the latest version

[tengstrand]

Today we can execute poly libs :outdated to show outdated libraries, e.g.:

This is helpful, but the tool doesn't update the files for us. That we have to do manually.

Here we suggest that poly libs :update should update all the libraries to the latest version in all deps.edn files. This can be implemented by using the antq.api/upgrade-deps! function.

It should be possible to leave the library version for bricks and projects untouched, by adding a :keep-lib-versions key to :bricks or :projects in workspace.edn:

:bricks {"shell" {:keep-lib-versions [org.jline/jline]}}

[tengstrand]

I was thinking if maybe poly libs :bump would be a better name of the argument, because it says more about what it does. What do you think @seancorfield?

[seancorfield]

I'm not sure that "bump" conveys the meaning in all languages/cultures -- I think "update" is clear and simple (even tho' I would never use this feature).

[ieugen]

(even tho' I would never use this feature). You are too safe @seancorfield . Live a little :grin:

I wouldn't use this either - not often at least - I do check release notes and change logs for breaking changes and run the tests after each library update (or a couple if they are small).

[marksto]

@tengstrand hi! Just tried this out and it's a real timesaver for a mid-to-big workspace. Thanks a lot! 🙏

Still, it was not able to update the (root) development project deps.edn, either across its aliases, or at all. I still have a lib of different versions in :aliases > :dev > :deps and :aliases > :test > :extra-deps. Is it by design?

[tengstrand]

Thanks for reporting this @marksto. Happy to hear that you like it, except for the bug of course! I'm working on a fix already and will post here when it's done.

[tengstrand]

I have pushed a fix to master, so please try it out @marksto (and others!).

Now it's possible to update a subset of libraries, by giving the libraries: argument to the libs command. I don't know if that could be useful for people that don't want to update all libraries, e.g. @seancorfield.

If executed from a shell, then outdated libraries will be suggested when giving libraries: (it may take a second or two, to retrieve them).

If you want to experiment with this feature from the shell, e.g. by changing a library to an older version, then you need to execute switch-ws to refresh the workspace (otherwise it will not detect the change).