How to auto-update custom plugins in Oh My Zsh?

Question

I've installed Oh My Zsh with a few custom plugins, such as zsh-autosuggestions. Now while Oh My Zsh supports automatic updates, this doesn't apply to custom plugins (installed to the custom/ subdirectory). How can I make Oh My Zsh update those as well?

Eugene Yarmash · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-10T14:52:09.960

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Oh My Zsh upgrades are handled by the $ZSH/tools/upgrade.sh script. To update any custom plugins (assuming those are Git clones), you can add these lines to the end of the script before the exit command:

printf "\n${BLUE}%s${RESET}\n" "Updating custom plugins"
cd custom/plugins

for plugin in */; do
  if [ -d "$plugin/.git" ]; then
     printf "${YELLOW}%s${RESET}\n" "${plugin%/}"
     git -C "$plugin" pull
  fi
done

Now, whenever Oh My Zsh is updated, your custom plugins will be updated too.

edited Sep 10 '20 at 14:52

answered Nov 02 '18 at 11:29

Eugene Yarmash

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why isn't this part of OhMyZSH? – Woodstock Mar 16 '20 at 13:04
Should I put it before `exit $status` in the `$ZSH/tools/upgrade.sh` file? – alper Sep 10 '20 at 10:47
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@alper: Yes. That `exit` call seems a recent addition to the upgrade script. – Eugene Yarmash Sep 10 '20 at 14:57
Won't this get removed if oh-my-zsh updates this file? – 17xande Jun 22 '22 at 17:34
Just install the "autoupdate" plugin – rsalmei Nov 17 '22 at 16:23

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 15 '21 at 05:24

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You can do this by using the autoupdate plugin.

Simply download it as a regular custom plugin, and add it to the plugins array in your .zshrc file:

plugins=(
  ...
  autoupdate
)

Follow the instructions in their README to find out how to customize the update frequency

answered Jun 15 '21 at 05:24

smac89

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Does it work for you? I've installed and enabled it, reloaded zsh, but still no updates on `upgrade_oh_my_zsh` – Eugene Yarmash Jul 01 '21 at 06:50
@EugeneYarmash try `upgrade_ohl_my_zsh` or `upgrade_oh_my_zsh_custom` – JCallicoat Jul 15 '21 at 03:23

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 10 '20 at 11:08

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Small expansion on Eugene's great answer. This will also update any themes you have:

# $ZSH/tools/upgrade.sh

...


printf "\n${BLUE}%s${RESET}\n" "Updating custom plugins and themes"
cd custom/
for plugin in plugins/*/ themes/*/; do
  if [ -d "$plugin/.git" ]; then
     printf "${YELLOW}%s${RESET}\n" "${plugin%/}"
     git -C "$plugin" pull
  fi
done

answered Jul 10 '20 at 11:08

Hubert Grzeskowiak

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In the case, there is not custom themes or plugins inside the folder it will crash. Maybe add a check could be safer – PierBJX Mar 22 '23 at 01:54

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 15 '21 at 01:07

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You can use OhMyZsh Full-autoupdate plugin.
It updates both plugins and themes.

answered Dec 15 '21 at 01:07

Pilaton

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