electron/npm/index.js
Samuel Attard 2e5cb930de Provide an easy way to use a local build of Electron (#12426)
* Provide an easy way to use a local build of Electron

For instance from ~/projects/electron/out/D

* document ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATH

* Make the linter happy

* Tweak ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATH docs
2018-03-25 00:03:17 -04:00

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var fs = require('fs')
var path = require('path')
var pathFile = path.join(__dirname, 'path.txt')
function getElectronPath () {
if (fs.existsSync(pathFile)) {
var executablePath = fs.readFileSync(pathFile, 'utf-8')
if (process.env.ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATH) {
return path.join(process.env.ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATH, executablePath)
}
return path.join(__dirname, 'dist', executablePath)
} else {
throw new Error('Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again')
}
}
module.exports = getElectronPath()