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Add GH CLI to Scoop #280
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It'd be Super Keen if the GitHub CLI was added to Scoop, a Homebrew'alike for Windows. This would make it way easier to keep GitHub CLI up-to-date, as well as save on adding more items to my $PATH (or rather, my $env:PATH as it were).
The MSI file works for now, but has no way to update other than me manually uninstalling, going over to the releases page, then manually reinstalling - understandable for an early release but even a zip file with gh.exe would be easier to manage since I could put it in a known place and just replace it periodically
Reacted by Billy Griffin, Steve Ward, Nate Smith, Owen Voke and Borna Butković
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mislav commentedon Jan 30, 2020
Hi @anaisbetts, thank you— these are all great suggestions.
GitHub CLI is still beta and we are not yet rushing to add it to every popular package manager out there (some understandably don't even accept beta software), but I agree that Scoop would be very convenient. In fact, the tool that we use for packaging releases supports Scoop, so we can look into setting that up.
Good point about providing the
.ziparchive for Windows— we're already on it and they will be available in subsequent releases.vilmibm commentedon Jan 30, 2020
Didn't realize that about the MSI files -- i assumed they'd do an in place update 😬
I'm v on board with making this installable with scoop and think we should prioritize that.