Theme update cannot be found by apm

#1

I recently released an upgrade to my theme, but neither atom nor apm can find the update, even though the update shows up correctly on the website.

$ apm list
...
C:\Users\Philippe\.atom\dev\packages (...)
└── base16-syntax@0.2.0
...
C:\Users\Philippe\.atom\packages (...)
└── base16-syntax@0.1.2
...

$ apm upgrade
Package Updates Available (0)
└── (empty)

In Dev Mode I use the git repo, while in normal mode I use the stable, released version.

I thought that somehow this way of working confused apm, but unlinking the git repo seems to have no effect, apm upgrade still comes up with an empty result.

I wonder if apm keeps a cache somewhere, thinking I have an up-to-date version based on the (now temporarily unlinked) Dev Mode version. Or perhaps this is totally unrelated and there is something else wrong?

#2

Where is the Dev Mode version actually stored?

#3

It’s location on disk is C:\Users\Philippe\Development\Atom\base16-syntax and linked to dev using apm link --dev.
I am using a manual install of Atom (C:\Applications\Atom). It occurs in both 0.145.0 and 0.146.0. I have not tried to downgrade to a previous version.

#4

As an experiment, try this:

  1. Close all instances of Atom
  2. Move the ~/.atom/storage directory somewhere else, perhaps ~/.atom/storage-backup
  3. Try upgrading again
#5

You have this in your package.json:

"engines": {
   "atom": "0.134.0"
 }

Try this instead:

"engines": {
   "atom": ">= 0.134.0"
 }

You are telling apm to only install the package if the Atom version is 0.134.0. You could even do
"atom": "*" since the theme shouldn’t rely on a Atom version.

#6

Actually, themes are going to need to undergo some changes due to the switch to custom elements. See here for details:

#7

Doh, thanks @dsandstrom! I had the asterisks before, but since I added a drop down menu in the settings I wanted to make sure the update wouldn’t be installed on an Atom version that doesn’t support it.

Thanks @leedohm, I’ll keep an eye on it.