gristlabs_grist-core/app/server/lib/places.ts
Paul Fitzpatrick 5ef889addd (core) move home server into core
Summary: This moves enough server material into core to run a home server.  The data engine is not yet incorporated (though in manual testing it works when ported).

Test Plan: existing tests pass

Reviewers: dsagal

Reviewed By: dsagal

Differential Revision: https://phab.getgrist.com/D2552
2020-07-21 20:39:10 -04:00

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TypeScript

/**
* Utilities related to the layout of the application and where parts are stored.
*/
import * as path from 'path';
/**
* codeRoot is the directory containing ./app with all the JS code.
*/
export const codeRoot = path.dirname(path.dirname(path.dirname(__dirname)));
/**
* Returns the appRoot, i.e. the directory containing ./sandbox, ./node_modules, ./ormconfig.js,
* etc.
*/
export function getAppRoot(): string {
if (codeRoot.endsWith('/_build/core')) { return path.dirname(path.dirname(codeRoot)); }
return codeRoot.endsWith('/_build') ? path.dirname(codeRoot) : codeRoot;
}
/**
* When packaged as an electron application, most files are stored in a .asar
* archive. Most, but not all. This method takes the "application root"
* which is that .asar file in packaged form, and returns a directory where
* remaining files are available on the regular filesystem.
*/
export function getUnpackedAppRoot(appRoot: string): string {
return path.resolve(path.dirname(appRoot), path.basename(appRoot, '.asar'));
}
/**
* Return the correct root for a given subdirectory.
*/
export function getAppRootFor(appRoot: string, subdirectory: string): string {
if (['sandbox', 'plugins', 'public-api'].includes(subdirectory)) {
return getUnpackedAppRoot(appRoot);
}
return appRoot;
}
/**
* Return the path to a given subdirectory, from the correct appRoot.
*/
export function getAppPathTo(appRoot: string, subdirectory: string): string {
return path.resolve(getAppRootFor(appRoot, subdirectory), subdirectory);
}