build: linux electron app image dev builds generation

Author: abose

.gitignore

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ phoenix
 src-electron/bin
 src-electron/src-node
 src-electron/config-effective.json
+src-electron/dist
 
 node_modules
 dist

package.json

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         "releaseDistTest": "npm run _make_src-node && npm run _createDistTestReleaseConfig && tauri build --config ./src-tauri/tauri-local.conf.json",
         "releaseDistTestDebug": "npm run _make_src-node && npm run _createDistTestReleaseConfig && tauri build --config ./src-tauri/tauri-local.conf.json --debug",
         "_make_src-node": "node ./src-build/makeSrcNode.js ../phoenix/src-node",
+        "build:electron": "npm run _make_src-node && cd src-electron && npm run build:appimage",
         "_ci_make_src-node": "node ./src-build/makeSrcNode.js phoenix/src-node",
         "_ci-clonePhoenixForTests": "npm run _ci-env-warn && node ./src-build/clonePhoenixForTests.js",
         "_ci-cloneAndBuildPhoenix": "npm run _ci-env-warn && node ./src-build/clonePhoenix.js && cd phoenix && npm ci && npm run build && cd ..",

src-build/setupElectron.js

@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
 
 const electronDir = join(__dirname, '..', 'src-electron');
 
-console.log('Installing src-electron dependencies...');
-execSync('npm ci', { cwd: electronDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
+// Use the same npm command that was used at root level (npm install vs npm ci)
+const npmCommand = process.env.npm_command === 'install' ? 'npm install' : 'npm ci';
+console.log(`Installing src-electron dependencies with ${npmCommand}...`);
+execSync(npmCommand, { cwd: electronDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
 console.log('src-electron dependencies installed successfully!');
 
 // Copy config.json to config-effective.json (dev config by default)

src-electron/electron-builder.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+appId: io.phcode.dev
+productName: Phoenix Code
+copyright: Copyright © 2024 phcode.dev
+
+asar: true
+
+linux:
+  target:
+    - AppImage
+  category: Development
+  icon: ../src-tauri/icons
+
+files:
+  - "**/*"
+  - "!dist/**"
+  - "!src-node/**"
+  - "!bin/**"
+
+asarUnpack:
+  - "node_modules/keytar/**"
+
+extraResources:
+  - from: "src-node"
+    to: "src-node"
+  - from: "bin"
+    to: "bin"
+
+extraMetadata:
+  main: main.js

src-electron/main.js

@@ -16,6 +16,25 @@ const gotTheLock = app.requestSingleInstanceLock();
 if (!gotTheLock) {
     // Another instance is running, quit this one immediately
     app.quit();
+    // Return value is ignored but this stops further module execution
+    return;
+}
+
+function getPhNodePath() {
+    if (!app.isPackaged) {
+        return path.resolve(__dirname, 'bin', 'phnode');
+    }
+    // extraResources places files directly in resources/
+    return path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'bin', 'phnode');
+}
+
+function getSrcNodePath() {
+    if (!app.isPackaged) {
+        // Dev: use phoenix repo's src-node
+        return path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'phoenix', 'src-node');
+    }
+    // extraResources places files directly in resources/
+    return path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'src-node');
 }
 
 // In-memory key-value store shared across all windows (mirrors Tauri's put_item/get_all_items)
@@ -126,17 +145,17 @@ ipcMain.handle('toggle-dev-tools', (event) => {
 // Get path to phnode binary
 ipcMain.handle('get-phnode-path', (event) => {
     assertTrusted(event);
-    const phNodePath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'bin', 'phnode');
+    const phNodePath = getPhNodePath();
     if (!fs.existsSync(phNodePath)) {
         throw new Error(`phnode binary does not exist: ${phNodePath}`);
     }
     return phNodePath;
 });
 
-// Get path to src-node (for development)
+// Get path to src-node
 ipcMain.handle('get-src-node-path', (event) => {
     assertTrusted(event);
-    const srcNodePath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'phoenix', 'src-node');
+    const srcNodePath = getSrcNodePath();
     if (!fs.existsSync(srcNodePath)) {
         throw new Error(`src-node path does not exist: ${srcNodePath}`);
     }