generate config files on build time #218

milahu · 2024-04-01T13:23:27Z

on build time, run this to write all config files to app/config/linux/

# enable the original install function in native-autoinstall.js
export VDHCOAPP_INSTALL_ON_BUILDTIME=1

echo generating config files for linux
export HOME=$PWD/app/config/linux
grep '^only_if_dir_exists = "~/\.' config.toml | cut -d'"' -f2 |
  while read d; do mkdir -p "$HOME/${d:2}"; done
./app/src/main.js install

on runtime, run vdhcoapp install
to create symlinks from $HOME to the installed app/config/linux/

example

$ readlink /home/user/.config/chromium/NativeMessagingHosts/net.downloadhelper.coapp.json
/nix/store/0nrvqzclq34a53nyk89h7b4i3dq9mdyr-vdhcoapp-2.0.19/opt/vdhcoapp/config/linux/.config/chromium/NativeMessagingHosts/net.downloadhelper.coapp.json

im using this in vdhcoapp.nix
where all paths are constant so the generated config files are always identical
and when running vdhcoapp install again on runtime
it is cheaper to compare symlinks
instead of generating the config files and comparing file contents

where all paths are constant

this will be true only for some users
so probably this will not be merged into the main branch

based on #217

milahu added 3 commits April 1, 2024 14:11

convert to ESM, use global state

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write exceptions to stderr

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generate config files on build time

548f6ec

milahu force-pushed the generate-config-files-on-build-time branch from 4d65a33 to 548f6ec Compare April 1, 2024 15:49

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milahu commented Apr 1, 2024 •

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