BIM Addon version number?

[Roy_043]

Since the BIM Addon can be updated independently, does it have its own version number?

[Kunda1]

@Yorik hasn't given it an version yet, AFAIK

[vocx]

Since the BIM Addon can be updated independently, does it have its own version number?

I guess the version number is just the commit hash taken from the addon's own repository.

All addons are hosted in a separate repository FreeCAD-addons, which just pulls one commit (the latest?) from the individual repositories, in this case yorikvanhavre/BIM_Workbench. Since Yorik only has a single master, and no releases or tags, I guess it could be thought of as a rolling release.

[Roy_043]

Thanks for your answers.
I can find the latest commit hash for the version on GitHub, but how would you find this for the version you have installed?

[vocx]

Thanks for your answers.
I can find the latest commit hash for the version on GitHub, but how would you find this for the version you have installed?

https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob ... rs.py#L527

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            if os.path.exists(clonedir):
                self.info_label.emit("Updating module...")
                if git:
                    if not os.path.exists(clonedir + os.sep + '.git'):
                        # Repair addon installed with raw download
                        bare_repo = git.Repo.clone_from(self.repos[idx][1], clonedir + os.sep + '.git', bare=True)
                        try:
                            with bare_repo.config_writer() as cw:
                                cw.set('core', 'bare', False)
...
                        repo = git.Repo(clonedir)
                        repo.head.reset('--hard')

It seems that the Addon Manager uses Git (GitPython) to download the code from the repository. So, maybe the installed directories have some git information in them. I'm not sure if it's possible to query this.

[Roy_043]

@vocx:
That may be too hard for an average user like myself.

[Kunda1]

It's a fair request.. I made a rudimentary PR to the BIM WB for this but @yorik thinks it should be implemented in a way that is gives the enduser more options (which makes more sense). See https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/BIM_Workbench/pull/30 basically lifted from the A2+ WB which shows the version number in the WB dropdown menu.

But @vocx makes a better point that we could use git to actually tell us the commit hash we have installed which could also be useful.

[vocx]

@vocx:
That may be too hard for an average user like myself.

See this thread check workbench update with AddonManager

It seems at the moment each addon developer could implement a function to check the version of their own addon. But if the proper functions are moved to the Addon Manager, then this could work for all addons. It's probably only a matter of time until it's implemented. Just remind Yorik about it.