From 61c7155bde256113f73db0d429cbe0ad333f9e18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Lynch <pyramation@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 03:40:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(pgpm): clear update cache after pgpm update and use
 semver comparison

---
 pgpm/cli/src/commands.ts        | 8 ++++++--
 pgpm/cli/src/commands/update.ts | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pgpm/cli/src/commands.ts b/pgpm/cli/src/commands.ts
index fbf360368..06e719d05 100644
--- a/pgpm/cli/src/commands.ts
+++ b/pgpm/cli/src/commands.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { checkForUpdates } from '@inquirerer/utils';
 import { CLIOptions, Inquirerer, ParsedArgs, cliExitWithError, extractFirst, getPackageJson } from 'inquirerer';
 import { teardownPgPools } from 'pg-cache';
+import semver from 'semver';
 
 import add from './commands/add';
 import adminUsers from './commands/admin-users';
@@ -116,8 +117,11 @@ export const commands = async (argv: Partial<ParsedArgs>, prompter: Inquirerer,
         pkgVersion: pkg.version,
         toolName: 'pgpm',
       });
-      if (updateResult.hasUpdate && updateResult.message) {
-        console.warn(updateResult.message);
+      if (updateResult.latestVersion
+        && semver.valid(updateResult.latestVersion)
+        && semver.valid(pkg.version)
+        && semver.gt(updateResult.latestVersion, pkg.version)) {
+        console.warn(`Update available: ${pkg.version} -> ${updateResult.latestVersion}`);
         console.warn('Run pgpm update to upgrade.');
       }
     } catch {
diff --git a/pgpm/cli/src/commands/update.ts b/pgpm/cli/src/commands/update.ts
index 7b898d99c..620986ccb 100644
--- a/pgpm/cli/src/commands/update.ts
+++ b/pgpm/cli/src/commands/update.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { Logger } from '@pgpmjs/logger';
 import { CLIOptions, Inquirerer, cliExitWithError, getPackageJson } from 'inquirerer';
+import { appstash } from 'appstash';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
 import { fetchLatestVersion } from '../utils/npm-version';
 
 const log = new Logger('update');
@@ -65,6 +68,12 @@ export default async (
 
   try {
     await runNpmInstall(pkgName, registry);
+
+    try {
+      const cacheFile = path.join(appstash('pgpm').cache, 'update-check.json');
+      if (fs.existsSync(cacheFile)) fs.unlinkSync(cacheFile);
+    } catch {}
+
     const latest = await fetchLatestVersion(pkgName);
     if (latest) {
       log.success(`Successfully updated ${pkgName} to version ${latest}.`);