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# check_for_updates

## 🔗Name

check_for_updates.lua - automatically check for updates

## 🔗Description

a simple script that will automatically look for newer releases on github and inform when there is something. it will only check on startup and only once a week.

## 🔗Usage

- install luasec and cjson for Lua 5.3 on your system. Luarocks is a good source for lua packages.
- start this script from script manager
- restart darktable

## 🔗Additional Software Required

## 🔗Limitations

## 🔗Author

Tobias Ellinghaus

## 🔗Change Log

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