Desktop: Added button to skip an application update

And made auto-updates enabled by default

.eslintignore

@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ packages/app-desktop/app.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/bridge.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/bridge.js
 packages/app-desktop/bridge.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/checkForUpdates.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/checkForUpdates.js
+packages/app-desktop/checkForUpdates.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.js
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.js.map

.gitignore

@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ packages/app-desktop/app.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/bridge.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/bridge.js
 packages/app-desktop/bridge.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/checkForUpdates.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/checkForUpdates.js
+packages/app-desktop/checkForUpdates.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.js
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.js.map

packages/app-desktop/app.ts

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ const globalCommands = [
 
 import editorCommandDeclarations from './gui/NoteEditor/commands/editorCommandDeclarations';
 import ShareService from '@joplin/lib/services/share/ShareService';
+import checkForUpdates from './checkForUpdates';
 
 const pluginClasses = [
 	require('./plugins/GotoAnything').default,
@@ -167,10 +168,6 @@ class Application extends BaseApplication {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	checkForUpdateLoggerPath() {
-		return `${Setting.value('profileDir')}/log-autoupdater.txt`;
-	}
-
 	reducer(state: AppState = appDefaultState, action: any) {
 		let newState = state;
 
@@ -711,7 +708,7 @@ class Application extends BaseApplication {
 		if (shim.isWindows() || shim.isMac()) {
 			const runAutoUpdateCheck = () => {
 				if (Setting.value('autoUpdateEnabled')) {
-					bridge().checkForUpdates(true, bridge().window(), this.checkForUpdateLoggerPath(), { includePreReleases: Setting.value('autoUpdate.includePreReleases') });
+					void checkForUpdates(true, bridge().window(), { includePreReleases: Setting.value('autoUpdate.includePreReleases') });
 				}
 			};
 

packages/app-desktop/bridge.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import ElectronAppWrapper from './ElectronAppWrapper';
 import shim from '@joplin/lib/shim';
-
 import { _, setLocale } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
 const { dirname, toSystemSlashes } = require('@joplin/lib/path-utils');
 const { BrowserWindow, nativeTheme } = require('electron');
@@ -174,11 +173,6 @@ export class Bridge {
 		return require('electron').shell.openPath(fullPath);
 	}
 
-	checkForUpdates(inBackground: boolean, window: any, logFilePath: string, options: any) {
-		const { checkForUpdates } = require('./checkForUpdates.js');
-		checkForUpdates(inBackground, window, logFilePath, options);
-	}
-
 	buildDir() {
 		return this.electronApp().buildDir();
 	}

packages/app-desktop/checkForUpdates.ts

@@ -1,44 +1,42 @@
-const { dialog } = require('electron');
+import shim from '@joplin/lib/shim';
-const shim = require('@joplin/lib/shim').default;
+import Logger from '@joplin/lib/Logger';
-const Logger = require('@joplin/lib/Logger').default;
+import { _ } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
-const { _ } = require('@joplin/lib/locale');
+import bridge from './services/bridge';
-const fetch = require('node-fetch');
+import KvStore from '@joplin/lib/services/KvStore';
 const { fileExtension } = require('@joplin/lib/path-utils');
+const ArrayUtils = require('@joplin/lib/ArrayUtils');
 const packageInfo = require('./packageInfo.js');
 const compareVersions = require('compare-versions');
 
-let autoUpdateLogger_ = new Logger();
+const logger = Logger.create('checkForUpdates');
+
 let checkInBackground_ = false;
 let isCheckingForUpdate_ = false;
-let parentWindow_ = null;
 
-function showErrorMessageBox(message) {
+interface CheckForUpdateOptions {
-	return dialog.showMessageBox(parentWindow_, {
+	includePreReleases?: boolean;
-		type: 'error',
-		message: message,
-	});
 }
 
 function onCheckStarted() {
-	autoUpdateLogger_.info('checkForUpdates: Starting...');
+	logger.info('Starting...');
 	isCheckingForUpdate_ = true;
 }
 
 function onCheckEnded() {
-	autoUpdateLogger_.info('checkForUpdates: Done.');
+	logger.info('Done.');
 	isCheckingForUpdate_ = false;
 }
 
-function getMajorMinorTagName(tagName) {
+function getMajorMinorTagName(tagName: string) {
 	const s = tagName.split('.');
 	s.pop();
 	return s.join('.');
 }
 
-async function fetchLatestRelease(options) {
+async function fetchLatestRelease(options: CheckForUpdateOptions) {
 	options = Object.assign({}, { includePreReleases: false }, options);
 
-	const response = await fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/laurent22/joplin/releases');
+	const response = await shim.fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/laurent22/joplin/releases');
 
 	if (!response.ok) {
 		const responseText = await response.text();
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ async function fetchLatestRelease(options) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	function cleanUpReleaseNotes(releaseNotes) {
+	function cleanUpReleaseNotes(releaseNotes: string[]) {
 		const lines = releaseNotes.join('\n\n* * *\n\n').split('\n');
 		const output = [];
 		for (const line of lines) {
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ async function fetchLatestRelease(options) {
 	};
 }
 
-function truncateText(text, length) {
+function truncateText(text: string, length: number) {
 	let truncated = text.substring(0, length);
 	const lastNewLine = truncated.lastIndexOf('\n');
 	// Cut off at a line break unless we'd be cutting off half the text
@@ -141,40 +139,51 @@ function truncateText(text, length) {
 	return truncated;
 }
 
-function checkForUpdates(inBackground, window, logFilePath, options) {
+async function getSkippedVersions(): Promise<string[]> {
+	const r = await KvStore.instance().value<string>('updateCheck::skippedVersions');
+	return r ? JSON.parse(r) : [];
+}
+
+async function isSkippedVersion(v: string): Promise<boolean> {
+	const versions = await getSkippedVersions();
+	return versions.includes(v);
+}
+
+async function addSkippedVersion(s: string) {
+	let versions = await getSkippedVersions();
+	versions.push(s);
+	versions = ArrayUtils.unique(versions);
+	await KvStore.instance().setValue('updateCheck::skippedVersions', JSON.stringify(versions));
+}
+
+export default async function checkForUpdates(inBackground: boolean, parentWindow: any, options: CheckForUpdateOptions) {
 	if (isCheckingForUpdate_) {
-		autoUpdateLogger_.info('checkForUpdates: Skipping check because it is already running');
+		logger.info('Skipping check because it is already running');
 		return;
 	}
 
-	parentWindow_ = window;
-
 	onCheckStarted();
 
-	if (logFilePath && !autoUpdateLogger_.targets().length) {
-		autoUpdateLogger_ = new Logger();
-		autoUpdateLogger_.addTarget('file', { path: logFilePath });
-		autoUpdateLogger_.setLevel(Logger.LEVEL_DEBUG);
-		autoUpdateLogger_.info('checkForUpdates: Initializing...');
-	}
-
 	checkInBackground_ = inBackground;
 
-	autoUpdateLogger_.info(`checkForUpdates: Checking with options ${JSON.stringify(options)}`);
+	logger.info(`Checking with options ${JSON.stringify(options)}`);
 
-	fetchLatestRelease(options).then(async (release) => {
+	try {
-		autoUpdateLogger_.info(`Current version: ${packageInfo.version}`);
+		const release = await fetchLatestRelease(options);
-		autoUpdateLogger_.info(`Latest version: ${release.version}`);
+
-		autoUpdateLogger_.info('Is Pre-release:', release.prerelease);
+		logger.info(`Current version: ${packageInfo.version}`);
+		logger.info(`Latest version: ${release.version}`);
+		logger.info('Is Pre-release:', release.prerelease);
 
 		if (compareVersions(release.version, packageInfo.version) <= 0) {
 			if (!checkInBackground_) {
-				await dialog.showMessageBox({
+				await bridge().showMessageBox(_('Current version is up-to-date.'));
-					type: 'info',
-					message: _('Current version is up-to-date.'),
-					buttons: [_('OK')],
-				});
 			}
+		} else {
+			const shouldSkip = checkInBackground_ && await isSkippedVersion(release.version);
+
+			if (shouldSkip) {
+				logger.info('Not displaying notification because version has been skipped');
 			} else {
 				const fullReleaseNotes = release.notes.trim() ? `\n\n${release.notes.trim()}` : '';
 				const MAX_RELEASE_NOTES_LENGTH = 1000;
@@ -183,24 +192,27 @@ function checkForUpdates(inBackground, window, logFilePath, options) {
 
 				const newVersionString = release.prerelease ? _('%s (pre-release)', release.version) : release.version;
 
-			const result = await dialog.showMessageBox(parentWindow_, {
+				const buttonIndex = await bridge().showMessageBox(parentWindow, {
 					type: 'info',
 					message: `${_('An update is available, do you want to download it now?')}`,
 					detail: `${_('Your version: %s', packageInfo.version)}\n${_('New version: %s', newVersionString)}${releaseNotes}`,
-				buttons: [_('Download'), _('Cancel'), _('Full changelog')],
+					buttons: [_('Download'), _('Skip this version'), _('Full changelog'), _('Cancel')],
-				cancelId: 1,
+					cancelId: 3,
 				});
 
-			const buttonIndex = result.response;
+				if (buttonIndex === 0) {
-			if (buttonIndex === 0) require('electron').shell.openExternal(release.downloadUrl ? release.downloadUrl : release.pageUrl);
+					bridge().openExternal(release.downloadUrl ? release.downloadUrl : release.pageUrl);
-			if (buttonIndex === 2) require('electron').shell.openExternal('https://joplinapp.org/changelog/');
+				} else if (buttonIndex === 1) {
+					await addSkippedVersion(release.version);
+				} else if (buttonIndex === 2) {
+					bridge().openExternal('https://joplinapp.org/changelog/');
 				}
-	}).catch(error => {
+			}
-		autoUpdateLogger_.error(error);
+		}
-		if (!checkInBackground_) showErrorMessageBox(error.message);
+	} catch (error) {
-	}).then(() => {
+		logger.error(error);
+		if (!checkInBackground_) await bridge().showErrorMessageBox(error.message);
+	} finally {
 		onCheckEnded();
-	});
+	}
 }
-
-module.exports.checkForUpdates = checkForUpdates;

packages/app-desktop/gui/MenuBar.tsx

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import SpellCheckerService from '@joplin/lib/services/spellChecker/SpellCheckerS
 import menuCommandNames from './menuCommandNames';
 import stateToWhenClauseContext from '../services/commands/stateToWhenClauseContext';
 import bridge from '../services/bridge';
+import checkForUpdates from '../checkForUpdates';
 
 const { connect } = require('react-redux');
 import { reg } from '@joplin/lib/registry';
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ function useMenu(props: Props) {
 			toolsItems.push(SpellCheckerService.instance().spellCheckerConfigMenuItem(props['spellChecker.language'], props['spellChecker.enabled']));
 
 			function _checkForUpdates() {
-				bridge().checkForUpdates(false, bridge().window(), `${Setting.value('profileDir')}/log-autoupdater.txt`, { includePreReleases: Setting.value('autoUpdate.includePreReleases') });
+				void checkForUpdates(false, bridge().window(), { includePreReleases: Setting.value('autoUpdate.includePreReleases') });
 			}
 
 			function _showAbout() {

packages/lib/models/Setting.ts

@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 			},
 
 
-			autoUpdateEnabled: { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, section: 'application', public: platform !== 'linux', appTypes: ['desktop'], label: () => _('Automatically update the application') },
+			autoUpdateEnabled: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, section: 'application', public: platform !== 'linux', appTypes: ['desktop'], label: () => _('Automatically update the application') },
 			'autoUpdate.includePreReleases': { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'application', storage: SettingStorage.File, public: true, appTypes: ['desktop'], label: () => _('Get pre-releases when checking for updates'), description: () => _('See the pre-release page for more details: %s', 'https://joplinapp.org/prereleases') },
 			'clipperServer.autoStart': { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: false },
 			'sync.interval': {

packages/lib/shim.ts

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ const shim = {
 		}
 	},
 
-	fetch: (_url: string, _options: any): any => {
+	fetch: (_url: string, _options: any = null): any => {
 		throw new Error('Not implemented');
 	},