General Settings Module & Self-Updating System – v0.2.0

[DJJones66]

Summary

This update introduces the General Settings module and a foundational self-updating system for user settings. These changes improve the flexibility, reliability, and user experience of the BrainDriveSettings plugin.

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🚀 Highlights

General Settings Module

• 🛠️ Implemented a new General Settings module for centralized control.
• 📦 Added database migrations and models to support general settings storage and retrieval.

User Settings Updater & Migration

• 🔄 Developed a robust user updater for managing general settings per user.
• 🧠 Introduced versioning logic, with current migration target: v0.2.0.
• 🧪 Improved error handling, transactional integrity, and logging during migrations.

Frontend Integration

• 💡 Integrated logic to apply and persist user’s default page setting.
• 🎯 Set "AI Chat" as the default landing page to improve onboarding and usability.

Testing & Refactoring

• ✅ Created and updated unit tests for the updater and migration logic.
• 🧹 Refactored plugin code for clarity, maintainability, and consistency.

Documentation & Cleanup

• 📚 Updated documentation to reflect new features and migration steps.
• 🗑️ Removed deprecated code and performed general cleanup across the plugin.

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✅ v0.2 – Self-Updating System Goals

Feature	Status	Notes
Tracks and handles version updates	✔️	Stable
Database migrations run automatically	✔️	Integrated with Alembic
Per-user version tracking and updating	✔️	Fully multi-user aware
No data loss during updates	✔️	Safe transactional logic

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This PR lays the groundwork for future plugin updates with confidence, ensuring backward compatibility and a seamless user experience.

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🔧 Fixes

Closes #5
Closes #8