Devops 829 Add electron beta channels (#2838)

* Add option for beta channels in package.json for electron

* Change placement of build settings

* Add version

* Revert "Add version"

This reverts commit 2e09cc7d5e.

* Add electron version to package.json

* Move build to higher level

* Add upload beta autoupdate

* Revert version

* Updating the release workflow with the new channels

* restrict GitHub Release to only 'latest'

* fixing electron-builder configuration

* version bump test

* fixing words

* Commenting out the npm cache in the windows build job

* Adding back in the caching for the future

* Revert "version bump test"

This reverts commit b732d00841.

Co-authored-by: Joseph Flinn <joseph.s.flinn@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     outputs:
       package_version: ${{ steps.retrieve-version.outputs.package_version }}
+      release_channel: ${{ steps.release-channel.outputs.channel }}
       build_number: ${{ steps.increment-version.outputs.build_number }}
       rc_branch_exists: ${{ steps.branch-check.outputs.rc_branch_exists }}
       hotfix_branch_exists: ${{ steps.branch-check.outputs.hotfix_branch_exists }}
@@ -87,6 +88,23 @@ jobs:
           echo "Setting build number to $BUILD_NUMBER"
           echo "::set-output name=build_number::$BUILD_NUMBER"
 
+      - name: Get Version Channel
+        id: release-channel
+        run: |
+          case "${{ steps.retrieve-version.outputs.package_version }}" in
+            *"alpha"*)
+              echo "::set-output name=channel::alpha"
+              echo "[!] We do not yet support 'alpha'"
+              exit 1
+              ;;
+            *"beta"*)
+              echo "::set-output name=channel::beta"
+              ;;
+            *)
+              echo "::set-output name=channel::latest"
+              ;;
+          esac
+
       - name: Check if special branches exist
         id: branch-check
         run: |
@@ -188,11 +206,11 @@ jobs:
           path: apps/desktop/dist/Bitwarden-${{ env._PACKAGE_VERSION }}-x86_64.AppImage
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-      - name: Upload latest auto-update artifact
+      - name: Upload auto-update artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@6673cd052c4cd6fcf4b4e6e60ea986c889389535
         with:
-          name: latest-linux.yml
-          path: apps/desktop/dist/latest-linux.yml
+          name: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.release_channel }}-linux.yml
+          path: apps/desktop/dist/${{ needs.setup.outputs.release_channel }}-linux.yml
           if-no-files-found: error
 
 
@@ -373,11 +391,11 @@ jobs:
           path: apps/desktop/dist/chocolatey/bitwarden.${{ env._PACKAGE_VERSION }}.nupkg
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-      - name: Upload latest auto-update artifact
+      - name: Upload auto-update artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@6673cd052c4cd6fcf4b4e6e60ea986c889389535
         with:
-          name: latest.yml
-          path: apps/desktop/dist/nsis-web/latest.yml
+          name: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.release_channel }}.yml
+          path: apps/desktop/dist/nsis-web/${{ needs.setup.outputs.release_channel }}.yml
           if-no-files-found: error
 
 
@@ -704,11 +722,11 @@ jobs:
           path: apps/desktop/dist/Bitwarden-${{ env._PACKAGE_VERSION }}-universal.dmg.blockmap
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-      - name: Upload latest auto-update artifact
+      - name: Upload auto-update artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@6673cd052c4cd6fcf4b4e6e60ea986c889389535
         with:
-          name: latest-mac.yml
-          path: apps/desktop/dist/latest-mac.yml
+          name: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.release_channel }}-mac.yml
+          path: apps/desktop/dist/${{ needs.setup.outputs.release_channel }}-mac.yml
           if-no-files-found: error
 
 

.github/workflows/release-desktop.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     outputs:
       release-version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+      release-channel: ${{ steps.release-channel.outputs.channel }}
       branch-name: ${{ steps.branch.outputs.branch-name }}
     steps:
       - name: Branch check
@@ -48,6 +49,23 @@ jobs:
           monorepo: true
           monorepo-project: desktop
 
+      - name: Get Version Channel
+        id: release-channel
+        run: |
+          case "${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}" in
+            *"alpha"*)
+              echo "::set-output name=channel::alpha"
+              echo "[!] We do not yet support 'alpha'"
+              exit 1
+              ;;
+            *"beta"*)
+              echo "::set-output name=channel::beta"
+              ;;
+            *)
+              echo "::set-output name=channel::latest"
+              ;;
+          esac
+
       - name: Get branch name
         id: branch
         run: |
@@ -95,8 +113,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create release
         uses: ncipollo/release-action@95215a3cb6e6a1908b3c44e00b4fdb15548b1e09  # v2.8.5
+        if: ${{ steps.release-channel.outputs.channel }} == "latest"
         env:
           PKG_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          RELEASE_CHANNEL: ${{ steps.release-channel.outputs.channel }}
         with:
           artifacts: "apps/desktop/artifacts/Bitwarden-${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}-amd64.deb,
             apps/desktop/artifacts/Bitwarden-${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}-x86_64.rpm,
@@ -118,7 +138,10 @@ jobs:
             apps/desktop/artifacts/Bitwarden-${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}-universal-mac.zip,
             apps/desktop/artifacts/Bitwarden-${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}-universal.dmg,
             apps/desktop/artifacts/Bitwarden-${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}-universal.dmg.blockmap,
-            apps/desktop/artifacts/Bitwarden-${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}-universal.pkg.archive"
+            apps/desktop/artifacts/Bitwarden-${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}-universal.pkg.archive,
+            apps/desktop/artifacts/${{ env.RELEASE_CHANNEL }}.yml,
+            apps/desktop/artifacts/${{ env.RELEASE_CHANNEL }}-linux.yml,
+            apps/desktop/artifacts/${{ env.RELEASE_CHANNEL }}-mac.yml"
           commit: ${{ github.sha }}
           tag: desktop-v${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}
           name: Desktop v${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}
@@ -126,6 +149,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           draft: true
 
+
   snap:
     name: Deploy Snap
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04

apps/desktop/electron-builder.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "asarUnpack": ["**/*.node"],
   "files": ["**/*", "!**/node_modules/@bitwarden/desktop-native/**/*"],
   "electronVersion": "16.2.7",
+  "generateUpdatesFilesForAllChannels": true,
   "publish": {
     "provider": "generic",
     "url": "https://artifacts.bitwarden.com/desktop"