how to update forge?

[fordragon88]

how to update forge, I installed it last week, but I see you already have a newer version

[VeteranXT]

where is your repository is do following CMD > Git clone in same folder. Or if run update.bat if you downloaded on click installer.

[fordragon88]

I already have it installed via cmd, how can I update it, I used to write to A1111 before git pull, and it was updated

[VeteranXT]

Then you already have?

[freecoderwaifu]

Open CMD inside the Forge folder then type git pull

It's an universal command to update any git repo (what most Stable Diffusion UIs are hosted on, including Forge).

If you see Already up to date. at the top of the CMD window then it's up to date.

Add it after @echo off in your webui-user.bat if you want it to auto update on every launch, just remember you manually added it to avoid "wtf why did it update on its own?????" moments.

Add set COMMANDLINE_ARGS= --update-all-extensions if you also want to auto update extensions on launch, note this only applies to third party extensions and not built in ones (the ones that say built-in in the Extensions tab), as those are updated with git pull.

[giovanith]

git pull... returns to me :

fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

how to solve it ? I cannot update forge

[philmcrakin]

That message is typically given when you aren't in the parent directory of a git repository.
Make sure you are in the root directory of your forge installation.

For you that may be: C:\stable-diffusion-webui or C:\stable-diffusion-webui-forge depending on your OS and if you customized install path.

For me its at: /home/username/stable-diffusion-webui/

There should be a .git and .github directory and many others inside your git repositories parent directory.

Make sure you are running the git pull command from the parent directory and not one of the nested directories.

[fordragon88]

I figured it out

step 1. open the directory /stable-diffusion-webui-forge
step 2. copy the file webui-user.bat , somewhere in another directory
step 3. Open CMD inside the Forge folder(/stable-diffusion-webui-forge) then type
git stash
git pull
git stash pop
step 4. copy back the file webui-user.bat to folder(/stable-diffusion-webui-forge)

[DrJimmyBrungus]

I'm not too familiar with Git - could anyone explain how is the above different from doing just git pull by itself?

How would you format the above into a .bat so I can update in one click?

[VeteranXT]

Git clone = Clone specific repo with latest commit
Git pull = Get latest commit (get update)
Git Checkout (specific commit) = Get specific version
Git Stash = Stash your changes for later
Git Stash pop = Stash your changes for later