gh-actions-updater

npm package for the gau Rust CLI.

npm install -g gh-actions-updater
gau --help

Run without installing globally:

npx -y gh-actions-updater@latest --check .
npx -y gh-actions-updater@latest --init

Common usage:

gau --init
gau --check .
gau --update --diff .
gau --latest-hash --update .
gau --pin-style major --update .
gau -r ~/workspace --check

The package name is gh-actions-updater; the installed command is gau. The postinstall script downloads the matching gau binary from GitHub Releases, verifies the release checksum, and stores it in the package vendor directory. No platform binaries are checked into the npm package.

Configuration lives in .gh-actions-updater.toml. Generate one with:

gau --init
gau --init --recursive --force

Useful flags:

• --cache-ttl <DURATION>: 15m, 6h, 7d, 0, or never
• --no-cache: disable cache reads and writes
• --refresh-cache: force fresh metadata
• -r, --recursive: scan nested repositories/workspaces
• --pin-style <preserve|major|minor|full>: control semver tag pin formatting
• --threads <N>: override Rayon available-core default
• --format json: machine-readable output

Skip specific updates with config:

[update]
exclude = ["actions/checkout", "owner/repo/.github/workflows/deploy.yml@v*"]

Or inline:

- uses: actions/checkout@v4 # gau: ignore

See the repository README for the complete CLI and configuration reference.