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Applying Updates

When you purchase the Laravel template for Spin Pro, you receive lifetime updates for the template. This means you get all the new features, bug fixes, and improvements we make to Spin Pro.

How to know an update is available

The best way to stay up to date with the latest updates is to subscribe to the releases on GitHub. First, click "Watch" on the Spin Pro repository on GitHub.

Watch the Spin Pro repository on GitHub

Then we recommend subscribing to releases and security alerts. This way, you'll get an email notification when we release a new version of the Spin Pro template.

Subscribe to releases on GitHub

How to apply updates

Whenever you run spin new laravel-pro, you'll automatically use the latest version of Spin Pro.

For existing projects, you can use the spin init laravel-pro command to delete the previous configurations and provide you with the latest versions.

If you've made significant changes to the template

We understand that some may make changes to the template, so here's the best way to apply updates to customized projects:

It may not be a bad idea to have backups of your projects before applying updates, just to be extra safe.
  1. Subscribe to the releases and review the release notes.
  2. Create a new branch on your project.
  3. Ensure you're on a clean working branch.
  4. Run spin init laravel-pro to delete the previous configurations and provide you with the latest versions.
  5. Review the changes and make sure everything looks good.
  6. Merge the changes into your project.
  7. Deploy your changes.

version

Print the version of `spin` that you are running. Similar to `spin debug`, but with less output.

Getting Help

If you need help with Spin Pro, we include private community support with your purchase where you can find other Spin Pro users.