[Feature] Ability to use Variables like $version in persist parameter

[lenicyl]

Feature Request

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I was trying to make a manifest for Flow Launcher, however I had an issue while doing so.
Flow Launcher has a folder called app-[version], the screenshot below will help you relate to what im talking about. This folder contains a folder that i would like to be placed at persist

However since the folder name would change every update, that wouldnt really work unless I make use of some hacky post-install script.

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Describe the solution you'd like

Ability to use variables like $version for persist parameter

Thanks.

[rashil2000]

All properties except persist support substitution variables. For persist, I'm not sure as it needs to be consistent between different versions. @niheaven @issaclin32 is my assumption correct?

[niheaven]

A long long ago PR solved this kind of persisting work: #3248.

[Ash258]

Scoop/lib/install.ps1

Lines 1149 to 1156 in 1dbab1f

	$source, $target = persist_def $_
	write-host "Persisting $source"
	$source = $source.TrimEnd("/").TrimEnd("\\")
	$source = fullpath "$dir\$source"
	$target = fullpath "$persist_dir\$target"

persist:
- - app-1.9.1
  - appPersisted
autoupdate:
  persist: # Autoupdate should allow it
  - - app-$version
    - appPersisted 

[niheaven]

Forget this basic usage. Autoupdate WILL update persist, as the following existed in autoupdateArch

Scoop/schema.json

Lines 221 to 223 in c864f68

	"persist": {
	"$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStringsOrAnArrayOfArrayOfStrings"
	},

[lenicyl]

Scoop/lib/install.ps1

Lines 1149 to 1156 in 1dbab1f

	$source, $target = persist_def $_
	write-host "Persisting $source"
	$source = $source.TrimEnd("/").TrimEnd("\\")
	$source = fullpath "$dir\$source"
	$target = fullpath "$persist_dir\$target"

persist:
- - app-1.9.1
  - appPersisted
autoupdate:
  persist: # Autoupdate should allow it
  - - app-$version
    - appPersisted 

Thanks but since im trying to achieve "persist": "app-1.9.1\\UserData",
Using the persist in autoupdate wont really make sense since the UserData folder will be reset every update

[rashil2000]

Thanks but since im trying to achieve "persist": "app-1.9.1\\UserData", Using the persist in autoupdate wont really make sense since the UserData folder will be reset every update

What they meant is that you can persist a folder using a different name - by specifying a source and a target in an array. That will help you persist across versions.

[lenicyl]

Oh, ok
Thanks for your help everyone