Add a cli parameter '--userDataArea` to set the Electron 'userData' path #13155
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Part of eclipse-theia#13107 Contributed on behalf of STMicroelectronics Signed-off-by: Thomas Mäder <t.s.maeder@gmail.com>
planger
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| readonly cwd: string; | ||
| readonly secondInstance: boolean; |
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I think we should transfer the type doc comments for secondInstance, as it may not be obvious what that means.
| createYargs(argv, process.cwd()) | ||
| .command('$0 [file]', false, | ||
| cmd => cmd | ||
| .option('userDataArea', { |
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I suggest using electronUserData to clarify that this is about the Electron user data, and not to confuse with the config location (.theia by default or defined by $THEIA_CONFIG_DIR). WDYT?
Signed-off-by: Thomas Mäder <t.s.maeder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Mäder <t.s.maeder@gmail.com>
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This PR allows to set a non-default Electron
userDatapath in order to allow two copies of Theia without concurrency issues related to sharedlocalStorageetc.Part of #13107
Contributed on behalf of STMicroelectronics
What it does
Adds the relevant cli parameter.
How to test
Run two instances of Theia with different user data areas and make sure webviews work in both instances and the there are no concurrency-related issues show up in the log.
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