From 81b4f6a76e9caa046d49c5977d7692d58087ee95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Clarke <alex.j.tusa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 11:31:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: prefer musl versions for linux when running
 --update/.update

---
 src/config/update.rs | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/config/update.rs b/src/config/update.rs
index 7ff682a..ce9f514 100644
--- a/src/config/update.rs
+++ b/src/config/update.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ fn normalize_version(requested: Option<String>) -> Option<String> {
     }
 }
 
+fn preferred_update_target() -> Option<&'static str> {
+    match (env::consts::OS, env::consts::ARCH) {
+        ("linux", "x86_64") => Some("x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"),
+        ("linux", "aarch64") => Some("aarch64-unknown-linux-musl"),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
 fn is_dir_writable(dir: &Path) -> bool {
     let probe = dir.join(format!(".coyote-update-write-test-{}", process::id()));
     match OpenOptions::new().write(true).create_new(true).open(&probe) {
@@ -147,6 +155,9 @@ pub fn run_self_update(requested: Option<String>, force: bool) -> Result<()> {
     if let Some(tag) = &target_tag {
         builder.target_version_tag(tag.as_str());
     }
+    if let Some(target) = preferred_update_target() {
+        builder.target(target);
+    }
     let status = builder
         .build()
         .context("Failed to configure the self-update")?