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@MatteoPologruto MatteoPologruto commented Nov 4, 2025

Motivation

Users should know if a new version of the tool is available.

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A message is printed if a new version of the tool is available when checking the current version:

$ ./build/arduino-flasher-cli version
Arduino Flasher CLI 0.0.0-d6bef23


A new release of Arduino Flasher CLI is available: 0.0.0-d6bef23 → 0.3.0
https://github.com/arduino/arduino-flasher-cli/releases/latest

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  • Logging is meaningful in case of troubleshooting.

@MatteoPologruto MatteoPologruto self-assigned this Nov 4, 2025
@MatteoPologruto MatteoPologruto added the enhancement New feature or request label Nov 4, 2025
@MatteoPologruto MatteoPologruto marked this pull request as ready for review November 4, 2025 16:57
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I would display a notification about a new version being available before every command, not only when running the version command.

The update check should be non-blocking — if an error occurs during the check, a general warning should be shown without preventing the command from running.

Co-authored-by: Per Tillisch <accounts@perglass.com>
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Check if a new version of the arduino-flasher-cli is available

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