~ flutter upgrade Unknown flutter tag. Abandoning upgrade to avoid destroying local changes. It is recommended to use git directly if not working on an official channel.
i try to upgrade my flutter sdk to latest version stable "flutter_macos_3.13.1-stable", but i have error message : "Unknown flutter tag. Abandoning upgrade to avoid destroying local changes. It is recommended to use git directly if not working on an official channel." Instead a successfully message .
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It also occurred in my case, I solved it using below command:
flutter upgrade -f
or
flutter upgrade --force
Both are same
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Run flutter upgrade from the flutter install directory. It works fine without the need to use --force or -f tags.
flutter upgrade -v for more verbose output.
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Use the force command or clone the flutter official repository. I think it is a temporary situation. Also after upgrading to 3.13 with the force command, we can update hotfix updates without using force. This is weird
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I found that running a Flutter upgrade inside the install directory worked for me...
flutter doctor -v
gives the version, channel and install location:
flutter doctor -v
Output:
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.13.0, on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS 6.2.0-26-generic, locale en_GB.UTF-8)
• **Flutter version 3.13.0 on channel stable at /home/mark/snap/flutter/common/flutter**
Check your working directory.
If you try and run the command "flutter upgrade", not from within the flutter install directory. I find you get this error. I was in my code directory and failed... I changed back to my main Flutter install directory and all "flutter upgrade" command worked fine.
error: Unknown flutter tag. Abandoning upgrade to avoid destroying local changes. It is recommended to use git directly if not working on an official channel.
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I had the same problem when I tried to run the command in my project directory. The solution was to run the command flutter upgrade in the directory where the Flutter SDK is located (e.g. /path-to-flutter-sdk/bin/flutter).
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I got this problem because somehow my flutter repository is outdated. So I have to git pull and then flutter upgrade works again:
$ cd ~/flutter
$ git status
On branch stable
Your branch is behind 'origin/stable' by 12 commits, and can be fast-forwarded.
(use "git pull" to update your local branch)
$ git pull
...
$ flutter upgrade
(now it works)
Note: to find out where your flutter lives in, run flutter doctor -v and looking for 'Flutter version 3.13.6 on channel stable at'.
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Save your changes of your current project, stash or commit and push to a git repo then just use:
flutter upgrade --force
You need to call flutter upgrade from Flutter install directory.
To find its location, you can use which command on Linux systems:
mikyll@debian-EQPNRAP:~$ which flutter
/home/mikyll/Programs/flutter/bin/flutter
And where on Windows (or which as well if you have it installed):
C:\Users\mikyll\Desktop>where flutter
C:\Program Files\flutter\bin\flutter
C:\Program Files\flutter\bin\flutter.bat
Once you found it, you can change directory and finally call flutter upgrade:
$ cd /path/to/flutter/
$ flutter upgrade
Just run
flutter upgrade --force