nova-update

nova-update

What it is

nova-update: compare installed tools with their latest releases, and update one when asked

Why use it

Inspect versions and apply one chosen update.

Install

go install github.com/mas-bandwidth/nova-tools/cmd/nova-update@latest
nova-update version

First run

The transcript below is executed line for line by the docs tests; the full record is in docs/TESTS.md.

$ nova-update example --out versions.tsv
EXAMPLE OK wrote=versions.tsv entries=1 unchanged=false
EXAMPLE NOTE next: nova-update report --file versions.tsv
$ nova-update report --file versions.tsv
REPORT OK checked=1 known=1 unknown=0 changed=- sent=- took=23ms file=versions.tsv host=- as=- entries=1 kinds=tool at=2026-10-02T02:55:03Z timeout=5s budget=1m0s max=20 snapshot=-
REPORT TOOL name=go kind=tool version=1.27.1 raw=go\x20version\x20go1.27.1\x20darwin/arm64 path=/opt/homebrew/bin/go

Verbs

The nova-update section of the command reference documents every verb's flags, effect and exit codes.

• example
• check
• status
• apply
• report
• watch
• adoption
• release
• help
• version

Spec

The contract is docs/SPEC-UPDATE.md.