How to know the version of the Workflow you are using with Alfred?

[poweryn]

For example here:

 

Also, how do you keep the workflow updated on El Capitan? Does "Packal updater" do so without the user interaction.

[deanishe]

Unfortunately, there is no standard way of specifying a workflow's version (hopefully Alfred 3 will add such a feature, ideally semver, which is widely used and eminently sensible).
 
If the workflow is based on my library and supports self-updating, it has a semantic version number which is displayed in Alfred's debugger on every run. For example, running my convert workflow shows:

[STDERR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] 02:10:03 workflow.py:2140 DEBUG    Workflow version : 2.5.0

Packal's versioning is based on its own metadata (it adds a "packal" subdirectory to any workflow added to the site).

AFAIK, the Packal updater does not update workflows automatically. You must call it manually. And this is a conscious decision made to be inline with the general Alfred philosophy of not doing stuff when Alfred isn't active.

WRT DownVid, AFAIK, it doesn't update itself automatically, but it does automatically update the bundled youtube-dl program is relies on.

[FroZen_X]

In addition to that you can right click on the workflow and show it in finder. In the Packal folder is a file called "package.xml", where the Version number is saved.

Its not a convenient way of checking but yeah

 

Other than that you can just call "Packal Updater" and check what updates are available like deanishe said.

Edited April 6, 2016 by FroZen_X

[Vero]

Unfortunately, there is no standard way of specifying a workflow's version (hopefully Alfred 3 will add such a feature, ideally semver, which is widely used and eminently sensible).

 

 

In v3, we'll include a field for workflow creators to include a version number, which will then be prominently visible. We'll share details when ready, but this is something that was on our list to help users identify which version of a workflow they're using

 

Cheers,

Vero