Marlin RC8 to Marlin 1.1.0

Hi,
how do you upgrade to a new Marlin version?

Is it necessary to compare the configuration files by hand or is there another way?

Thx

There is now a tool to move old configuration files to the new format.... It is in the Pull Request area if I remember right.

Where can I find this pull request area?

Is this Tool even for Mac OS X?

The tool is cross platform as long as you have Node.js so you'll need to install that first.
[nodejs.org]

Once you download and install node.js on any OS you can install the tool by doing "sudo npm -g i marlin-conf" from the command line (well, windows you don't need the 'sudo' but probably do need to be an admin)

Then you can just follow the instructions in the tools Readme: [github.com]

It seems to work fairly well. I've always just used a diff tool like Beyond Compare to compare my current file against the stock file for my current version to see what I changed - then compare my current file against the new file and work out what needs to be updated/changed, but that's a lot trickier than just dropping your config onto the new tool! I tried it on MacOX Sierra Friday and it appears to work just fine.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2017 12:12AM by jhitesma.