Inform the developer about new releases and how to upgrade

[jferrettiboke]

Hi, guys.

How do you know if there is a new release to update? I usually use npm-check but other people could check manually going to Releases, among others. Whatever it is, you get the information after requesting manually.

I want to make a proposal to avoid this. If there is a new version, CRA will alert you about this if you run on development mode. So, you could see a message (browser console and terminal) while you are working.

Messages might vary. I'll give you some possible examples as proposals.

• Info: There is a new major release. Read more on...
• Info: There are 2 new major release ahead to your current version. Read more on...
• Info: There is a new minor release. You could upgrade easily just running this command on your terminal...

How cool would be that for developers who want to save time and be focus on the app as much as possible?

[wtgtybhertgeghgtwtg]

There is update-notifier, but I'm against it. create-react-app doesn't update that often and Greenkeeper/Renovate/yarn outdated work for react-scripts.

[viankakrisna]

maybe you can add yarn outdated or https://github.com/tjunnone/npm-check-updates in your prestart script https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/scripts

[viankakrisna]

on a second thought, npm start would clear your terminal, so... maybe you need something like this https://github.com/justwatchcom/github-releases-notifier