From bdcc776431531ba626b2d5a4e4a67f8e785cfa88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yougotwill <yougotwill94@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:20:35 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: set autoupdater to allow prereleases and downgrading if
 we are not on the latest channel

currently only supports alpha
---
 ts/updater/updater.ts | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ts/updater/updater.ts b/ts/updater/updater.ts
index 8d50dea31..d42acc4c5 100644
--- a/ts/updater/updater.ts
+++ b/ts/updater/updater.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ async function checkForUpdates(
       return;
     }
 
+    if (releaseChannelFromFsFromRenderer !== 'latest') {
+      // we only allow pre-release updates if the release channel is alpha
+      autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = releaseChannelFromFsFromRenderer === 'alpha';
+      autoUpdater.allowDowngrade = releaseChannelFromFsFromRenderer === 'alpha';
+      logger.info(
+        `[updater] checkForUpdates we are on the ${releaseChannelFromFsFromRenderer} channel allowPrerelease ${autoUpdater.allowPrerelease} allowDowngrade ${autoUpdater.allowDowngrade}`
+      );
+    }
+
     const currentVersion = autoUpdater.currentVersion.toString();
     const isMoreRecent = isVersionGreaterThan(latestVersionFromFsFromRenderer, currentVersion);
     logger.info('[updater] checkForUpdates isMoreRecent', isMoreRecent);