how to update helix-editor on Ubuntu?

[matan-h]

I have Ubuntu so to install I do git clone , and build it from source. (because helix isn't released to ppa,snap or flatpak )
and when the code becomes outdated - do a git pull , reset the runtime folder to the head^1 and rebuild it from source (

git pull 
git reset --hard HEAD^ # reset the runtime folder (and all project with it)
cargo install --path helix-term 
hx --grammar fetch 
hx --grammar build 
[[ -L ~/.config/helix/runtime && -d ~/.config/helix/runtime ]] || cp -r runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime # copy if the file is not symlink

).

Is there better way to update?

[the-mikedavis]

A symlink from ~/.config/helix/runtime to the runtime directory in the source makes upgrades easier. For example if you checked the repository out like so:

$ cd ~/src                                          # say you check stuff out into ~/src
$ git clone [email protected]:helix-editor/helix.git
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/helix
$ pushd ~/.config/helix
$ ln -s ~/src/helix/runtime .                       # setup the symlink
$ popd
$ cargo install --path helix-term                   # initial installation

Then when you'd like to update,

$ cd ~/src/helix
$ git pull
$ cargo install --path helix-term

Then you don't need to do anything with the runtime directory because of the symlink.

[matan-h]

I still need to do this commands from Installation in the readme?

git reset --hard HEAD^ # reset the runtime folder (and all project with it) for refetch and rebuild
hx --grammar fetch
hx --grammar build

[the-mikedavis]

If you use a symlink between the source and the runtime directory, no. cargo install will fetch and build the grammars itself.