Plugin: self-hosted auto-updates from Gitea via PUC (hc-8gb)

Vendors YahnisElsts/plugin-update-checker v5.7 under vendor/ and wires it
to poll updates.json on the repo main branch. WP surfaces new versions
via Dashboard → Updates on its normal twice-daily cadence.

PUC is vendored (not a submodule) so Gitea's archive/main.zip — the
download target — includes it. Folder rename on install is handled by
PUC's built-in upgrader_source_selection filter.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

vendor/plugin-update-checker/Puc/v5p7/Vcs/BaseChecker.php

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+<?php
+namespace YahnisElsts\PluginUpdateChecker\v5p7\Vcs;
+
+if ( !interface_exists(BaseChecker::class, false) ):
+
+	interface BaseChecker {
+		/**
+		 * Set the repository branch to use for updates. Defaults to 'master'.
+		 *
+		 * @param string $branch
+		 * @return $this
+		 */
+		public function setBranch($branch);
+
+		/**
+		 * Set authentication credentials.
+		 *
+		 * @param array|string $credentials
+		 * @return $this
+		 */
+		public function setAuthentication($credentials);
+
+		/**
+		 * @return Api
+		 */
+		public function getVcsApi();
+	}
+
+endif;