Thanks fbkca ill give that a shot, was also thinking I might have to add a dummy folder in the update folder of the plugin. Ill try out what you suggested, good idea.
One reason im doing this is not only do I like my version for the mods I made, but also
"heads up plugin devs im speaking about you" :)
call me anal or fussy but I am tired of getting production plugins that have a TON of commented out test coding, one plugin in particular in one file has about 4 lines that are active and the rest is a bunch of functions that are all commented out, and not neatly either. It looks horrible, and I would never put anything like that in the hands of the public with my name on it.
Regardless if it is commented out of not or has any effect or not, its messy, its unprofessional, and it looks like a hack job. How about keeping your test code in your test versions and give us a clean crisp version that shows you take pride in what you do.
Your code and how you display it is what we see, it represents you. If its sloppy then we might assume your sloppy as well. OK enough preaching here.... sorry it annoys me to no end when I see that stuff.