microsoft / microsoft/winget-create
Do not re-download existing files
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Issue-Feature
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 651
- Forks
- 114
- Avg merge
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
Every time I try to execute wingetcreate to update/create manifests, it automatically RE-downloads installer files even if they have already been downloaded.
This is too annoying, imagine when you issue a command and it downloads GBs of data then throws an error.
Proposed technical implementation details
- Check if files are on local disk, ask users to use them
- If you have to download the file every time, at least give us an option to generate manifests using existing files instead of remote ones.
- Make downloads resumable.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the wingetcreate command path that downloads installer files and inspect how existing local files are handled. Compare the requested behaviors—reuse local files, generate manifests from them, and resumable downloads—and establish which outcome the project will support before defining completion checks.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100