# 🔄 Auto-Update System Setup - Complete!

Your kNotes desktop app now has **full automatic update capabilities**! Here's what has been implemented:

## ✅ What's Been Set Up

### 1. **electron-updater Integration**
- ✅ Added `electron-updater` dependency
- ✅ Configured auto-update checking in `main.js`
- ✅ Added "Check for Updates" menu item
- ✅ User-friendly update notifications and dialogs

### 2. **Unified GitHub Actions Workflow**
- ✅ Updated `.github/workflows/buildAndRelease.yml` to include desktop builds
- ✅ Automatically triggers on ANY push to main branch
- ✅ **First**: Deploys Docker image to production
- ✅ **Then**: Builds desktop apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux
- ✅ **Finally**: Creates single GitHub Release with everything

### 3. **Configuration Files**
- ✅ Updated `package.json` with publish settings
- ✅ Added GitHub as update provider
- ✅ Version bumped to `1.1.0` for first auto-update release

### 4. **Helper Scripts**
- ✅ Created `update-frontend.sh` for local testing
- ✅ Updated README with auto-update documentation

## 🚀 How It Works

### Automatic Workflow:
1. **You make changes** to frontend files in `src/main/resources/static/`
2. **Push to main branch** → GitHub Actions detects changes
3. **Builds desktop apps** for Windows, macOS, and Linux
4. **Creates GitHub Release** with all platform binaries
5. **Users get notified** when they open the app
6. **Updates download** in background automatically
7. **One-click install** when users are ready

### Manual Testing:
```bash
# Update frontend files
./update-frontend.sh

# Build new version
npm run build-linux

# Test the app
./dist/kNotes-1.1.0.AppImage
```

## 📦 Current Build Status

- **Version**: 1.1.0
- **AppImage**: `kNotes-1.1.0.AppImage` (104.4 MB)
- **Auto-updater**: ✅ Enabled and configured
- **GitHub Integration**: ✅ Ready for releases

## 🔧 Update Process for Users

1. **App starts** → Checks for updates automatically (3 seconds after startup)
2. **Update found** → Shows notification: "Update available, downloading in background"
3. **Download complete** → Shows dialog: "Update ready, restart now or later?"
4. **User restarts** → App updates and relaunches with new version

## 📋 Next Steps

### To Enable Auto-Updates:
1. **Push this desktop app code** to your GitHub repository
2. **Make any frontend change** in `src/main/resources/static/`
3. **Push to main** → First auto-release will be created!
4. **Share the release** with users

### Repository Settings Needed:
- Make sure GitHub Actions are enabled
- Ensure `GITHUB_TOKEN` has release permissions (should be automatic)
- Repository must be public or have appropriate permissions for releases

## 🎯 Benefits

- ✅ **Zero maintenance** - Updates happen automatically
- ✅ **Always current** - Desktop app stays in sync with web app
- ✅ **Cross-platform** - Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- ✅ **User-friendly** - Non-disruptive background updates
- ✅ **Secure** - Uses GitHub's infrastructure and signing

Your desktop app is now fully equipped with professional-grade automatic updating! 🎉