Script to update all installed servers

[tinny-blueleo]

Hi friends! I have a Packer script to keep my plugins up to date and wanted to bundle in a call to lua to make sure all of my installed LSP servers were updated (similar to picking 'U' in the LSP installer menus). Is there a function or command I can call to accomplish this the right way? Thank you!

[bryant-the-coder]

can u share ur packer script?

[tinny-blueleo]

Sure it's:

nvim --headless -c 'autocmd User PackerComplete quitall' -c 'PackerSync' -c 'TSUpdate'

[williamboman]

Hello! With https://github.com/williamboman/mason.nvim (which will succeed nvim-lsp-installer soon) this is pretty straight forward:

local mason_registry = require("mason-registry")

for _, pkg in ipairs(mason_registry.get_installed_packages()) do
    pkg:check_new_version(function (success, new_version)
        if success then
           -- Optionally do some logic based on `new_version`
           -- (which is a table { name: string, current_version: string, latest_version: string })
           pkg:install()
        end
    end)
end

[tinny-blueleo]

Thanks so much William, this is awesome. What are the main differences between LSP installer and Mason? It looks like Mason will install more things than just LSP servers.

[shaeinst]

Mason is superset of nvim-lsp-installer meaning Mason is not just limited to managing LSPs, it can manage Debugger Adapter Protocol(DAP)s Linters and Formatters too.