Our upgrade process from 2.9 -> 3.0 was to recreate a project and copy your
files over. It would be sad if these were our instructions for 3.0 -> 3.1.

What I'd like to see:

$ cd MyProject
$ cordova --version
3.0.9
$ npm update -g cordova
$ cordova --version
3.1.0-1.0.0
$ cordova platform ls
Installed platforms:
 android 3.0.0
 ios 3.0.0
Available platforms:
 android 3.1.0
 ios 3.1.0
 blackberry10 3.1.0
$ cordova platform add android
Platform android already exists. Use `update` to update it.
$ cordova platform update android
Updated android from 3.0.0 to 3.1.0
$ cordova platform ls
Installed platforms:
 android 3.1.0
 ios 3.0.0
Available platforms:
 ios 3.1.0
 blackberry10 3.1.0


How does `cordova update` work?
- It uses platforms/*/cordova/version script to discover current version
- It fetches the new version into $HOME/.cordova/libs
- It runs new_version/bin/update path/to/platforms/$PLATFORM for the
specified platform

The platform script is responsible for:
#1 - doing all easily automated steps (update Cordova.jar, update scripts
within cordova/)
#2 - Printing out a message saying what manual steps should be taken to
complete the upgrade (e.g. Please add this snippet to your
ApplicationDelegate)


Sound good? Any other ideas?

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