Matecat is updated weekly.
These are the instructions for updating MateCat to the latest version
Update MySQL
Check MySQL version
Check MySQL version with:
mysql --version
If version < 5.6 continue with the next steps of this section and update MySQL else (version >=5.6) you can jump here
Backup data of your DB
If you have existing data in a MySql 5.5 database, it should be migrated automatically. Though it is always a good idea to make a backup before doing a major upgrade.
Make a backup of the data in your existing database:
mysqldump --lock-all-tables -u root -p --all-databases > dump.sql
Update MySQL to 5.6
If version < 5.6 you will need to update MySql to MySql 5.6.
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get upgradesudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.6
Restore your data
Then after installing the newest version, you can restore if needed by running:
mysql -u root -p < dump.sql
Update MateCat code
Download the latest code updates
Update code
Navigate into your MateCat folder:
cd /home/matecat/cattool/
Update code:
git pull origin master
Resolve Git conflicts
If in the previous step you have Git conflict,
probably you have made some customizations or changes to the MateCat’s code base, you will need to save them separately and apply this changes again.
You can try to stash your code before pulling from the repository and apply it again, but it may cause some conflict and you will need to fix it manually.
git stash
git pull origin master
git stash pop
Update dependencies
Update the project dependencies and install everything that is missing
php composer.phar install
Update DB tables
This will launch some migration that will update your database structure:
./vendor/bin/phinx migrate -c inc/phinx.php
Update Javascript files
Navigate into your Grunt folder:
cd support_scripts/grunt
Update your js files:
sudo npm install
sudo grunt deploy