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Glab Check Update by vince-winkintel

Name: Glab Check Update
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: vince-winkintel

Glab Check Update

Check for glab CLI updates and view latest version information. Use when checking if glab is up to date or finding available updates. Triggers on update glab, check version, glab version, CLI update.

File contents

glab check-update

Overview


  Checks for the latest version of glab available on GitLab.com.                                                        
                                                                                                                        
  When run explicitly, this command always checks for updates regardless of when the last check occurred.               
                                                                                                                        
  When run automatically after other glab commands, it checks for updates at most once every 24 hours.                  
                                                                                                                        
  To disable the automatic update check entirely, run 'glab config set check_update false'.                             
  To re-enable the automatic update check, run 'glab config set check_update true'.                                     
                                                                                                                        
         
  USAGE  
         
    glab check-update [--flags]  
         
  FLAGS  
         
    -h --help  Show help for this command.

Quick start

glab check-update --help

Update nudge behavior

glab check-update and its glab update alias always check when invoked explicitly. Automatic checks after other commands remain throttled to at most once every 24 hours and can be disabled with glab config set check_update false.

The update nudge is install-aware and agent-aware: when glab can detect the install method, it includes the matching upgrade command, and when a coding-agent environment is detected, it emits a compact bracketed line suitable for agents to relay instead of a multi-line human prompt. If the install method is unknown, expect only the release-notes URL rather than a guessed upgrade command.

Subcommands

This command has no subcommands.

---name: glab-check-updatedescription: Check for glab CLI updates and view latest version information. Use when checking if glab is up to date or finding available updates. Triggers on update glab, check version, glab version, CLI update.--- # glab check-update ## Overview ``` Checks for the latest version of glab available on GitLab.com. When run explicitly, this command always checks for updates regardless of when the last check occurred. When run automatically after other glab commands, it checks for updates at most once every 24 hours. To disable the automatic update check entirely, run 'glab config set check_update false'. To re-enable the automatic update check, run 'glab config set check_update true'. USAGE glab check-update [--flags] FLAGS -h --help Show help for this command. ``` ## Quick start ```bash glab check-update --help ``` ## Update nudge behavior `glab check-update` and its `glab update` alias always check when invoked explicitly. Automatic checks after other commands remain throttled to at most once every 24 hours and can be disabled with `glab config set check_update false`. The update nudge is install-aware and agent-aware: when glab can detect the install method, it includes the matching upgrade command, and when a coding-agent environment is detected, it emits a compact bracketed line suitable for agents to relay instead of a multi-line human prompt. If the install method is unknown, expect only the release-notes URL rather than a guessed upgrade command. ## Subcommands This command has no subcommands.

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