build: dynamic electron config loading

Author: abose

.gitignore

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ phoenix
 # Electron things
 src-electron/bin
 src-electron/src-node
+src-electron/config-effective.json
 
 node_modules
 dist

src-build/serveForPlatform.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {getPlatformDetails} from "./utils.js";
 import {execa} from "execa";
 import chalk from "chalk";
 import {resolve} from "path";
+import {copyFileSync} from "fs";
 
 const {platform} = getPlatformDetails();
 
@@ -57,6 +58,13 @@ if (target === "tauri") {
     console.log(`Running "npm install" in ${srcNodePath}`);
     await execa("npm", ["install"], {cwd: srcNodePath, stdio: "inherit"});
 
+    // Copy config.json to config-effective.json (dev config for serve)
+    const electronDir = resolve("src-electron");
+    const configSrc = resolve(electronDir, "config.json");
+    const configDest = resolve(electronDir, "config-effective.json");
+    console.log('Copying config.json to config-effective.json...');
+    copyFileSync(configSrc, configDest);
+
     console.log('Starting Electron...');
     await execa("./src-electron/node_modules/.bin/electron", ["src-electron/main.js"], {stdio: "inherit"});
 }

src-build/setupElectron.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { dirname, join } from 'path';
+import { copyFileSync } from 'fs';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
@@ -10,3 +11,10 @@ const electronDir = join(__dirname, '..', 'src-electron');
 console.log('Installing src-electron dependencies...');
 execSync('npm ci', { cwd: electronDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
 console.log('src-electron dependencies installed successfully!');
+
+// Copy config.json to config-effective.json (dev config by default)
+const configSrc = join(electronDir, 'config.json');
+const configDest = join(electronDir, 'config-effective.json');
+console.log('Copying config.json to config-effective.json...');
+copyFileSync(configSrc, configDest);
+console.log('Config file copied successfully!');

src-electron/config-prod.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "identifier": "io.phcode",
+  "stage": "production",
+  "productName": "Phoenix Code"
+}

src-electron/config-staging.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "identifier": "io.phcode.staging",
+  "stage": "stage",
+  "productName": "Phoenix Code Pre-release"
+}

src-electron/config.js

@@ -2,24 +2,23 @@
  * Centralized Configuration Module
  *
  * This module provides a single source of truth for all configuration values.
- * It reads from package.json and can apply stage-wise transforms as needed.
+ * It reads from config.json and can apply stage-wise transforms as needed.
  *
  * Usage:
  *   const { stage, trustedElectronDomains, productName } = require('./config');
  */
 
-const packageJson = require('./package.json');
+const configJson = require('./config-effective.json');
 
-// Core package.json values
-const name = packageJson.name;
-const identifier = packageJson.identifier;
-const stage = packageJson.stage;
-const version = packageJson.version;
-const productName = packageJson.productName;
-const description = packageJson.description;
+// Core config values
+const identifier = configJson.identifier;
+const phoenixLoadURL = configJson.phoenixLoadURL;
+const stage = configJson.stage;
+const version = configJson.version;
+const productName = configJson.productName;
 
 // Security configuration
-const trustedElectronDomains = packageJson.trustedElectronDomains || [];
+const trustedElectronDomains = configJson.trustedElectronDomains || [];
 
 /**
  * Initialize configuration (call once at app startup if needed).
@@ -35,13 +34,12 @@ function initConfig() {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-    // Package info
-    name,
+    // App info
     identifier,
+    phoenixLoadURL,
     stage,
     version,
     productName,
-    description,
 
     // Security
     trustedElectronDomains,

src-electron/config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "identifier": "io.phcode.dev",
+  "phoenixLoadURL": "http://localhost:8000/src/",
+  "stage": "dev",
+  "trustedElectronDomains": ["phtauri://localhost/", "https://phcode.dev/"],
+  "version": "5.0.5",
+  "productName": "Phoenix Code Experimental Build"
+}

src-electron/main.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const { registerCredIpcHandlers } = require('./main-cred-ipc');
 const { registerWindowIpcHandlers, registerWindow } = require('./main-window-ipc');
 const { assertTrusted } = require('./ipc-security');
 const { getWindowOptions, trackWindowState, DEFAULTS } = require('./window-state');
+const { phoenixLoadURL } = require('./config');
 
 // Request single instance lock - only one instance of the app should run at a time
 const gotTheLock = app.requestSingleInstanceLock();
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ async function createWindow() {
     // uncomment line below if you want to open dev tools at app start
     // win.webContents.openDevTools();
 
-    // Load the test page from the http-server
-    win.loadURL('http://localhost:8000/src/');
+    // Load Phoenix from configured URL
+    win.loadURL(phoenixLoadURL);
 }
 
 async function gracefulShutdown(exitCode = 0) {