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Developer notes

Below are helpful notes for developers hacking on or releasing new versions of IPFS Desktop.

Release checklist

Before cutting a new release of IPFS Desktop, please go through the following process:

Manual testing

Manually test a few things that don't transfer well to automated testing:

  1. Mac/Windows/Linux: Confirm that "Take Screenshot" under the menubar/system tray menu works as expected for both single- and multi-monitor setups:
    • File(s) import correctly
    • Correct link is copied to clipboard
  2. Mac only: Drag/drop onto menubar icon behaves as expected when dragging one file, several files, and a combination of files/folders:
    • File(s) import correctly
    • Correct link is copied to clipboard
  3. Windows only: Right-click on a file and "Add to IPFS" from context menu works as expected:
    • File(s) import correctly
    • Correct link is copied to clipboard
  4. Mac/Windows: Confirm that OS-wide protocol handler was registered by opening ipfs://bafybeigdyrzt5sfp7udm7hu76uh7y26nf3efuylqabf3oclgtqy55fbzdi in a user agent without IPFS Companion

Main release process

  1. Fetch new translations from Transifex: tx pull -af.
  2. Commit the changes.
  3. Update the version using npm version [major|minor|patch] (it will create a new tag vA.B.C, note it down)
  4. Publish local changes and the tag to the GitHub repo: git push && git push origin vA.B.C.
  5. Wait for the CI to upload the binaries to the draft release (a new one will be created if you haven't drafted one).
  6. Publish a release draft.
    • Once a release is published, users should receive the app update (see https://www.electron.build/auto-update for details).
    • The latest.yml, latest-mac.yml, latest-linux.yml files on the release are used by the app to determine when an app update is available.
  7. Update all links and badges in README.md to point to the new version (A.B.C).
  8. Update CHANGELOG.md with details from release/release draft.
  9. Update selected package managers:
  1. To start work on the next version, bump the version in package.json.

Manually notarize .dmg with Apple

These steps are only needed as a fallback if CI is not correctly notarizing the .dmg file. For context, see #1365.

  1. Download the .dmg from https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/vA.B.C.
  2. Ensure APPLEID and APPLEIDPASS are set either as environment variables or entries in .env file. These need to belong to the same org as the certificate used for signing.
  3. Run node pkgs/macos/notarize-cli.js ./IPFS-Desktop-A.B.C.dmg.
  4. Debug errors by calling the tool directly: xcrun altool --notarize-app -f /path/to/IPFS-Desktop-0.X.0.dmg --primary-bundle-id io.ipfs.desktop -u XXX-from-vault-XXX -p XXX-app-specific-password-from-vault-XXX; also, see the long list of hoops Apple may ask you to jump through.