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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Instructions: Add a subsection under `[Unreleased]` for additions, fixes, change

## [Unreleased]

### Changed

- When an update is available, report this on every run of pretext.

## [2.29.2] - 2025-09-10

Includes updates to core through commit: [016b805](https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/commit/016b805e8716fc8d4246027f3e999c566a57442c)
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13 changes: 10 additions & 3 deletions pretext/utils.py
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Expand Up @@ -959,14 +959,20 @@ def check_for_updates() -> None:
"""
# check whether we have looked for updates today
last_check = resources.resource_base_path() / "last_update_check.txt"
current_version = VERSION
if last_check.exists():
with open(last_check, "r") as f:
last_date = f.read()
last_date = f.readline().strip()
cached_version = f.readline().strip()
if last_date == str(datetime.date.today()):
log.debug("Already checked for updates today.")
if is_earlier_version(current_version, cached_version):
log.info(
f"Version {cached_version.strip()} of pretext is available. You are currently using version {current_version}."
)
log.info("To upgrade, run `pretext upgrade`.")
return
# Check for updates
current_version = VERSION
latest = latest_version()
if latest is None:
log.debug("Could not check for updates.")
Expand All @@ -984,7 +990,8 @@ def check_for_updates() -> None:
log.info(f"You are using the latest version of pretext, {current_version}.\n")
# update the last check date
with open(last_check, "w") as f:
f.write(str(datetime.date.today()))
f.write(str(datetime.date.today()) + "\n")
f.write(latest + "\n")


def report_version() -> None:
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