Add adhoc release channel for public ad-hoc testing

ts/services/backups/import.ts

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../util/backupMediaDownload';
 import { getEnvironment, isTestEnvironment } from '../../environment';
 import { hasAttachmentDownloads } from '../../util/hasAttachmentDownloads';
-import { isNightly } from '../../util/version';
+import { isAdhoc, isNightly } from '../../util/version';
 import { ToastType } from '../../types/Toast';
 import { isConversationAccepted } from '../../util/isConversationAccepted';
 import { saveBackupsSubscriberData } from '../../util/backupSubscriptionData';
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ export class BackupImportStream extends Writable {
         log.error(
           `${this.logId}: errored while processing ${this.frameErrorCount} frames.`
         );
-        if (isNightly(window.getVersion())) {
+        if (isNightly(window.getVersion()) || isAdhoc(window.getVersion())) {
           window.reduxActions.toast.showToast({
             toastType: ToastType.FailedToImportBackup,
           });

ts/services/backups/index.ts

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import {
   UnsupportedBackupVersion,
 } from './errors';
 import { ToastType } from '../../types/Toast';
-import { isNightly } from '../../util/version';
+import { isAdhoc, isNightly } from '../../util/version';
 
 export { BackupType };
 
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ export class BackupsService {
     } catch (error) {
       log.info(`importBackup: failed, error: ${Errors.toLogFormat(error)}`);
 
-      if (isNightly(window.getVersion())) {
+      if (isNightly(window.getVersion()) || isAdhoc(window.getVersion())) {
         window.reduxActions.toast.showToast({
           toastType: ToastType.FailedToImportBackup,
         });

ts/updater/common.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ import * as Errors from '../types/errors';
 import { strictAssert } from '../util/assert';
 import { drop } from '../util/drop';
 import * as durations from '../util/durations';
-import { isAlpha, isAxolotl, isBeta, isStaging } from '../util/version';
+import {
+  isAdhoc,
+  isAlpha,
+  isAxolotl,
+  isBeta,
+  isStaging,
+} from '../util/version';
 
 import * as packageJson from '../../package.json';
 import type { SettingsChannel } from '../main/settingsChannel';
@@ -489,6 +495,13 @@ export abstract class Updater {
   private async checkForUpdates(
     checkType: CheckType
   ): Promise<UpdateInformationType | undefined> {
+    if (isAdhoc(packageJson.version)) {
+      this.logger.info(
+        'checkForUpdates: not checking for updates, this is an adhoc build'
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
     const yaml = await getUpdateYaml();
     const parsedYaml = parseYaml(yaml);
 
@@ -905,7 +918,10 @@ export function getUpdatesFileName(): string {
 
 function getChannel(): string {
   const { version } = packageJson;
-
+  if (isAdhoc(version)) {
+    // we don't want ad hoc versions to update
+    return version;
+  }
   if (isStaging(version)) {
     return 'staging';
   }

ts/util/isLinkAndSyncEnabled.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import { isTestOrMockEnvironment } from '../environment';
 import { isStagingServer } from './isStagingServer';
-import { isNightly } from './version';
+import { isAdhoc, isNightly } from './version';
 import { everDone as wasRegistrationEverDone } from './registration';
 
 export function isLinkAndSyncEnabled(version: string): boolean {
@@ -12,5 +12,10 @@ export function isLinkAndSyncEnabled(version: string): boolean {
     return false;
   }
 
-  return isStagingServer() || isTestOrMockEnvironment() || isNightly(version);
+  return (
+    isStagingServer() ||
+    isTestOrMockEnvironment() ||
+    isNightly(version) ||
+    isAdhoc(version)
+  );
 }

ts/util/version.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ export const isAlpha = (version: string): boolean =>
 export const isAxolotl = (version: string): boolean =>
   semver.parse(version)?.prerelease[0] === 'axolotl';
 
+export const isAdhoc = (version: string): boolean =>
+  semver.parse(version)?.prerelease[0] === 'adhoc';
+
 export const isStaging = (version: string): boolean =>
   semver.parse(version)?.prerelease[0] === 'staging';