refactor: config file saving and debugging

Reduce the number of dependencies and the amount of code running in a
security sensitive context.

Instead of a deep comparison, we just compare the serialized versions
of the config files.

Signed-off-by: Kristóf Marussy <kristof@marussy.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/packages/main/src/index.ts b/packages/main/src/index.ts
index 29a8cca..78861c2 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/index.ts
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
 import os from 'node:os';
 
 import { app } from 'electron';
-import { ensureDirSync } from 'fs-extra';
-import osName from 'os-name';
 
-import { enableStacktraceSourceMaps } from './infrastructure/electron/impl/devTools';
+import {
+  enableStacktraceSourceMaps,
+  ensureDevDataDir,
+} from './infrastructure/electron/impl/devTools';
 import electronShell from './infrastructure/electron/impl/electronShell';
 import initReactions from './initReactions';
 import MainStore from './stores/MainStore';
@@ -39,11 +40,7 @@ const log = getLogger('index');
 app.enableSandbox();
 
 if (isDevelopment) {
-  // Use alternative directory when debugging to avoid clobbering the main installation.
-  app.setPath('userData', `${app.getPath('userData')}-dev`);
-  ensureDirSync(app.getPath('userData'));
-
-  // Use source maps in stack traces.
+  ensureDevDataDir();
   enableStacktraceSourceMaps();
 }
 
@@ -67,7 +64,7 @@ app.setAboutPanelOptions({
     `Electron: ${process.versions.electron}`,
     `Chrome: ${process.versions.chrome}`,
     `Node.js: ${process.versions.node}`,
-    `Platform: ${osName()}`,
+    `Platform: ${os.platform()} ${os.release()}`,
     `Arch: ${os.arch()}`,
     `Build date: ${new Date(
       Number(import.meta.env.BUILD_DATE),