Issue
I am using GitHub to develop an Eclipse plugin. I would like to have a public Eclipse update site for my plugin. Can I use GitHub for this?
I know that GitHub can be used for hosting individual files by using the "raw" links provided on the file information pages.
Solution
Github pages are not a proper place for an update site.
Github pages may not properly serve large binary files as explained in this issue. It may be fine if your jars are small but overall they advise against placing binaries there. Instead they recommend placing binaries in the download section of the repository. I'd be happy if this situation changes because it would be very convenient to publish an update site by pushing to github.
For now one would have to use their API to programatically upload files in the download section. Answers to this other question points to some libraries and scripts that uses this API for use within java/maven, perl, ruby, etc.
Answered By - fmjrey
Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (JavaFixing Admin)
