powertoys: Change checkver to github, fix autoupdate

[ENDlezZenith]

The powertoys manifest is not autoupdaing to 0.99.1 which is released 3 days ago, in which the scoop manifest shows that it is still on 0.99.0. This PR changes the checkver to the conventional GitHub method which is "checkver": "github",. It is confirmed to fix the bug and would be able to autoupdate to 0.99.1. Actually, don't know why the powertoys manifest is using a checkver in a manual manner in the case that it is a GitHub repo:

"checkver": {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/PowerToys/releases",
        "jsonpath": "$[0].assets[*].browser_download_url",
        "regex": "/releases/download/(?<tag>[\\w.]+)/PowerToysUserSetup-([\\d.]+)-x64\\.exe"
    },

If this was done deliberately, please ignore this PR.

Closes #17743

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The manifest file for the PowerToys application was updated to simplify its version checking configuration. The checkver field in bucket/powertoys.json was replaced from an explicit object containing GitHub releases API query parameters (including url, jsonpath, and regex specifications) with the simplified string value "github". This change streamlines how version information is discovered for the application, while maintaining the existing autoupdate URL templates and hash retrieval logic.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• debugtron@0.5.0: Fix checkver to exclude preprelease versions #16376 — Modifies a manifest's checkver configuration by changing between explicit API/jsonpath/regex parameters and the simplified "github" shorthand.
• folge: Update to version 1.29.2, fix checkver #17046 — Changes a manifest's checkver configuration to alter how version discovery is performed.
• notepad3@6.25.822.1: Enhance checkver to prevent downgrades #15781 — Modifies a manifest's checkver configuration for GitHub releases by replacing explicit API/jsonpath/regex specifications with a different GitHub-based form.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'powertoys: Change checkver to github, fix autoupdate' clearly describes the main change—switching from custom checkver configuration to the conventional GitHub method and fixing the autoupdate issue.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR directly addresses issue #17743 by implementing the suggested solution: changing checkver from custom GitHub API/jsonpath/regex to the conventional 'checkver: github' method to restore autoupdate functionality.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are scoped to the powertoys manifest's checkver configuration to resolve the autoupdate bug; no out-of-scope modifications are present.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Description check	✅ Passed	The PR description provides context for the change and explicitly references the related issue (#17743), confirming both checkboxes required by the template.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

bucket/powertoys.json (1)

79-79: ⚡ Quick win

"checkver": "github" is correct; also consider bumping the version to 0.99.1 in this PR

The current latest release is tagged v0.99.1, so "checkver": "github" will correctly strip the leading v and resolve to 0.99.1. The autoupdate URL templates already use $version with no hardcoded strings, so the automated pipeline will produce the right download URLs once the version is updated.

The manifest still ships at 0.99.0 after this change — that's fine if the expectation is for the autoupdate bot to bump it post-merge, but you can also bundle the version bump here by running .\bin\checkver.ps1 -App powertoys -f locally and including the resulting diff.

📋 Manual bump to 0.99.1 (optional — run checkver.ps1 instead of hand-editing)

-    "version": "0.99.0",
+    "version": "0.99.1",
 ...
-            "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.99.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.0-x64.exe",
-            "hash": "1e3586a2ecd454b86fe61c44b003e0027fcc24dcb5135958b73d04a58285618c"
+            "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.99.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.1-x64.exe",
+            "hash": "cad34aa632251cfb9bda1d6fe70e0bd5c150ac6fec7afb0ba179df90413430cd"
 ...
-            "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.99.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.0-arm64.exe",
-            "hash": "2bca2a1edb0077faf752dde95c8d02a0a7a70f8e5128f43ea58432bbbe4e3c62"
+            "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.99.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.1-arm64.exe",
+            "hash": "7bd4c3e66d64339c40dd42ec58de8f25e2b81ecd90c45f0ad95247024f508705"

Hash values sourced from the official v0.99.1 release page.

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🧪 Testing instructions (per contribution guidelines):

# Optional: enable debug + GitHub token for API access
scoop config debug true
scoop config gh_token <your-github-token>

# Verify checkver detects 0.99.1 and autoupdate produces correct URLs
.\bin\checkver.ps1 -App powertoys -f

# Lint/format the manifest
.\bin\formatjson.ps1 -App powertoys

# Test installation per architecture
scoop install bucket/powertoys.json -a 64bit
scoop install bucket/powertoys.json -a arm64

For more details, see the Contribution Guide and App Manifests wiki.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@bucket/powertoys.json` at line 79, The manifest already uses "checkver":
"github" correctly but the package version in the manifest should be bumped to
v0.99.1 and the new release hashes included; run .\bin\checkver.ps1 -App
powertoys -f locally to auto-detect 0.99.1 and update the "version" and SHA
fields, then run .\bin\formatjson.ps1 -App powertoys to format the manifest and
validate that autoupdate templates using $version produce the correct URLs;
finally verify by testing installation for 64bit and arm64 as described in the
review comment.

🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Nitpick comments:
In `@bucket/powertoys.json`:
- Line 79: The manifest already uses "checkver": "github" correctly but the
package version in the manifest should be bumped to v0.99.1 and the new release
hashes included; run .\bin\checkver.ps1 -App powertoys -f locally to auto-detect
0.99.1 and update the "version" and SHA fields, then run .\bin\formatjson.ps1
-App powertoys to format the manifest and validate that autoupdate templates
using $version produce the correct URLs; finally verify by testing installation
for 64bit and arm64 as described in the review comment.

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[ENDlezZenith]

Closing, waiting for comprehensive PR similar to ScoopInstaller/Versions#2837.