Numbers in folder name

[GitUser200607]

Its not a bug, but I don't know how to write an issue.
I am not a developer, so write this issue as user. I have a lot of applications which are using Squirrel as installer. The problem for me is the folder naming.
Example:
GitHub desktop (for Windows) has working folder app-3.1.1, but there are old folder app-3.0.1 with files. The application uses files from folder app-3.1.1. So why the old folder still there? Why installer kept it?

Is there any option or switch to remove old installation directories.
And option DON'T USE numbers in folder. Is very difficult to create firewall rules every application update.

[caesay]

Is there any option or switch to remove old installation directories.

This has been asked loads. Squirrel keeps the current version and the previous version. For example just a few duplicates are linked below. There is no way to change this, and Squirrel will clean up old versions the next time you update. If you need to clean it up earlier, you can do it yourself.

• Squirrel doesn't clean up previous app version, I want to only keep the app-1.0.2 #1763
• squirrel is downloading the new version on auto update and not deleting the older one #1514

And option DON'T USE numbers in folder. Is very difficult to create firewall rules every application update.

With this library, there is no way to do this. It will always download your app into a folder with the version number, and this does cause many problems beyond just firewall rules. If you really need this to change, you can check out version v3.* of my fork - which keeps the current version of your app in a static location (in a folder called current) instead of in a folder with the version number.

[GitUser200607]

which keeps the current version of your app in a static location (in a folder called current) instead of in a folder with the version number.

This is the best option. I wish it will be released someday. Thank you.

[caesay]

Well it is released in my fork. As this library is not being actively developed, it will probably never happen here.

[GitUser200607]

As I said, the problem for me is in my "status" - I am just a user, not developer. I cannot port GitHub Desktop, Discord, WhatsApp Desktop and some other apps to your fork. So I hope Squirrel will do that feature.