atom/script/update-server

Atom Update Test Server

This folder contains a simple implementation of Atom's update server to be used for testing the update process with local builds.

How to use it

1. Since you probably want to try upgrading an installed Atom release to a newer version, start your shell and set the ATOM_RELEASE_VERSION environment var to the desired version:

   Windows

   set ATOM_RELEASE_VERSION="1.32.0-beta1"
   

   macOS

   export ATOM_RELEASE_VERSION="1.32.0-beta1"
   

2. Run a full build of Atom such that the necessary release artifacts are in the out folder:

   Windows

   script/build --create-windows-installer
   

   macOS

   script/build --compress-artifacts --test-sign
   

3. Start up the server in this folder:

   npm install
   npm start
   

   NOTE: You can customize the port by setting the PORT environment variable.

4. Start Atom from the command line with the ATOM_UPDATE_URL_PREFIX environment variable set to http://localhost:3456 (change this to reflect any PORT override you might have used)

5. Open the About page and try to update Atom. The update server will write output to the console when requests are received.