Multiple x-checker-data PRs

Apr 22, 2025
L
#1

I’m using the x-checker-data with git commits.
I get daily PRs with the same version, until one is merged.

How can I avoid this behaviour?

The yaml file is here: org.swi_prolog.swipl/org.swi_prolog.swipl.yml at master · flathub/org.swi_prolog.swipl · GitHub

H
#2

That’s because each time it changes the appstream file which instead should be, along the .desktop and the icon file, be coming from and be managed upstream.

L
#3

Thanks for the answer. It’s not entirely clear to me why that would be the case.
Is there a way to only open one PR per release?

R
#4

I think you’re running into this bug Git checker doesn't get timestamps, resulting in unwanted PRs · Issue #154 · flathub-infra/flatpak-external-data-checker · GitHub

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B
#5

If you can, switch to the JSON checker and add timestamp-query to the checker.

L
#6

I’m not sure if I can do that. The only json I have access to is https://api.github.com/repos/SWI-Prolog/swipl-devel/git/refs/tags

There is no timestamp as far as I can tell. An element is:

    "ref": "refs/tags/V9.3.23",
    "node_id": "MDM6UmVmMTc1MTY3OTM6cmVmcy90YWdzL1Y5LjMuMjM=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/SWI-Prolog/swipl-devel/git/refs/tags/V9.3.23",
    "object": {
      "sha": "72f4ffd55afdcc49e7f689edc68873e5e4307991",
      "type": "tag",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/SWI-Prolog/swipl-devel/git/tags/72f4ffd55afdcc49e7f689edc68873e5e4307991"
    }
B
#7

Yea it won’t work with GitHub tags, that’s also what the issue above is about.