The new jQuery Plugin Registry has been around for two months since the announcement, and I just knew about it via Octocat Tales: jQuery.

Some notes after I finished adding my three plugins to the Registry:

  • Only need to update the manifest and then tag the version and push onto GitHub. Simply activate the jQuery Plugins hook, that’s the only setting you need from GitHub.

  • Strong tie with GitHub, the download link (of version tag), project link are automatically added. That’s for now, because, from the announcement post:

    (We plan to support other sites in the future! However, we’ve only been able to implement integration with GitHub at this point. If you’d like to assist with adding services, read on!)

    I am sure other source hosting services would add the support soon.

  • The version number is strictly Semantic Versioning-complied, that is a.b.c. No more a.b or a.b.c.d, that’s good for me, so I wouldn’t be too liberal and have a heck ton of version tags in different shapes and forms.

  • If you make a mistake and the content has already been processed by the Resistry successfully—meaning the version is shown to the public, then you can only bump the version after your fix whatever the problem is, retag wouldn’t get the version updated on the Registry.

Overall, I like this new Registry.