Development flags

Development flags

Run development flags after the package argument:

go run . --disable-google-oauth

Flag	Purpose
--disable-google-oauth	Developer/test flag that additionally clears Gmail OAuth client credentials for this run. Gmail OAuth controls are already hidden while Google approval is pending. It does not rewrite config.toml or disable Outlook OAuth.
--preview-manual-update	Opens the update window a package-managed install gets — the one that explains why TideMail cannot replace its own binary and offers the command to run.
--preview-update-progress	Previews the in-app update progress state.
--prototype-forms	Runs the standalone form prototype instead of the mail client.

While Google approval is pending, a Gmail account form omits the Auth selector and Google sign-in button. It shows this guidance under Password:

Google OAuth is waiting for Google's approval.
Use a Google App Password instead.

The flag also protects an existing Gmail OAuth account from conversion to password authentication if you save its form during a preview.

Seeing both update windows

There are two, and they need different setups.

--preview-manual-update stages an update a packaged install cannot apply and opens that window straight away. It fakes a pacman-owned tidemail-bin, so the wording an AUR user sees renders on any machine rather than the generic "cannot write to its install location" fallback:

Update available: v0.0.39

TideMail was installed by pacman as tidemail-bin, so it
cannot replace its own binary.

Run this outside TideMail:

  yay -S tidemail-bin

c copy   esc close

Press esc and open Settings > Updates to see the same command in its field there; the preview leaves the real state behind, so both surfaces work.

The other window — the install confirmation a self-installed copy gets — needs a real release newer than the running build, because it offers to download and install one. Build with an old version and point it at a scratch profile:

go build -ldflags "-X main.version=v1.0.1" -o /tmp/tidemail-old .
XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/tm-cfg XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/tm-data /tmp/tidemail-old

Then press U. The binary sits in a writable directory that no package owns, so it takes the self-install path. Check update-on-startup is enabled, or use "Check now" in Settings > Updates.

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Source in TideMail at 65f889c