Function getUpdateChannel

emain/updater.ts:19–36

(settings: SettingsType)

export let updater: Updater;

function getUpdateChannel(settings: SettingsType): string {
    const updaterConfigPath = path.join(process.resourcesPath!, "app-update.yml");
    const updaterConfig = YAML.parse(readFileSync(updaterConfigPath, { encoding: "utf8" }).toString());
    console.log("Updater config from binary:", updaterConfig);
    const updaterChannel: string = updaterConfig.channel ?? "latest";
    const settingsChannel = settings["autoupdate:channel"];
    let retVal = settingsChannel;

    // If the user setting doesn't exist yet, set it to the value of the updater config.
    // If the user was previously on the `latest` channel and has downloaded a `beta` version, update their configured channel to `beta` to prevent downgrading.
    if (!settingsChannel || (settingsChannel == "latest" && updaterChannel == "beta")) {
        console.log("Update channel setting does not exist, setting to value from updater config.");
        RpcApi.SetConfigCommand(ElectronWshClient, { "autoupdate:channel": updaterChannel });
        retVal = updaterChannel;
    }
    console.log("Update channel:", retVal);
    return retVal;
}

export class Updater {
    autoCheckInterval: NodeJS.Timeout | null;