README.md

MSQ: Short for MSI Squirrel, is a special version of Squirrel.Windows to work with electron-wix-msi

MSQ is a set of tools to accomplish auto-updating with MSI used by Electron Apps. MSQ is specifically made for V3 of https://github.com/felixrieseberg/electron-wix-msi

What Do We Want?

For the longest time MSI was the gold standard in packaging and installing Windows applications. That doesn't mean that they cant be auto-updated. The only functionality from the original Windows.Squirrel carried over is the updating process. Packaging and managing of shortcuts is of course done MSI.

• Auto-Updating MSQ provides auto-updating for Apps packaged with electron-wix-msi V3
• Compatibility App updates packaged with Windows.Squirrel can be updated by MSQ

Building Squirrel

For the impatient:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/3cx/Squirrel.Msi
cd squirrel.windows
git submodule update --init --recursive       ## THIS IS THE PART YOU PROBABLY FORGOT
.\.NuGet\NuGet.exe restore
msbuild /p:Configuration=Release

See Contributing for additional information on building and contributing to Squirrel.

License and Usage

See COPYING for details on copyright and usage of the Squirrel.Windows software.