Desktop: Resolves #9857: Back up to a subdirectory of the home directory by default

.eslintignore

@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ packages/lib/components/shared/side-menu-shared.js
 packages/lib/database-driver-better-sqlite.js
 packages/lib/database.js
 packages/lib/debug/DebugService.js
-packages/lib/determineProfileDir.js
+packages/lib/determineBaseAppDirs.js
 packages/lib/dom.js
 packages/lib/errorUtils.js
 packages/lib/errors.js

.gitignore

@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ packages/lib/components/shared/side-menu-shared.js
 packages/lib/database-driver-better-sqlite.js
 packages/lib/database.js
 packages/lib/debug/DebugService.js
-packages/lib/determineProfileDir.js
+packages/lib/determineBaseAppDirs.js
 packages/lib/dom.js
 packages/lib/errorUtils.js
 packages/lib/errors.js

packages/app-desktop/main.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const FsDriverNode = require('@joplin/lib/fs-driver-node').default;
 const envFromArgs = require('@joplin/lib/envFromArgs');
 const packageInfo = require('./packageInfo.js');
 const { isCallbackUrl } = require('@joplin/lib/callbackUrlUtils');
-const determineProfileDir = require('@joplin/lib/determineProfileDir').default;
+const determineBaseAppDirs = require('@joplin/lib/determineBaseAppDirs').default;
 
 // Electron takes the application name from package.json `name` and
 // displays this in the tray icon toolip and message box titles, however in
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const isDebugMode = !!process.argv && process.argv.indexOf('--debug') >= 0;
 const appId = `net.cozic.joplin${env === 'dev' ? 'dev' : ''}-desktop`;
 let appName = env === 'dev' ? 'joplindev' : 'joplin';
 if (appId.indexOf('-desktop') >= 0) appName += '-desktop';
-const rootProfileDir = determineProfileDir(profileFromArgs, appName);
+const { rootProfileDir } = determineBaseAppDirs(profileFromArgs, appName);
 const settingsPath = `${rootProfileDir}/settings.json`;
 let autoUploadCrashDumps = false;
 

packages/app-desktop/utils/restartInSafeModeFromMain.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { safeModeFlagFilename } from '@joplin/lib/BaseApplication';
 import initProfile from '@joplin/lib/services/profileConfig/initProfile';
 import { writeFile } from 'fs-extra';
 import { join } from 'path';
-import determineProfileDir from '@joplin/lib/determineProfileDir';
+import determineBaseAppDirs from '@joplin/lib/determineBaseAppDirs';
 
 
 const restartInSafeModeFromMain = async () => {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const restartInSafeModeFromMain = async () => {
 	shimInit({});
 
 	const startFlags = await processStartFlags(bridge().processArgv());
-	const rootProfileDir = determineProfileDir(startFlags.matched.profileDir, appName);
+	const { rootProfileDir } = determineBaseAppDirs(startFlags.matched.profileDir, appName);
 	const { profileDir } = await initProfile(rootProfileDir);
 
 	// We can't access the database, so write to a file instead.

packages/default-plugins/pluginRepositories.json

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 	"io.github.jackgruber.backup": {
 		"cloneUrl": "https://github.com/JackGruber/joplin-plugin-backup.git",
 		"branch": "master",
-		"commit": "bd49c665bf60c1e0dd9b9862b2ba69cad3d4c9ae"
+		"commit": "2d814a5466604daced108331d14aedf8e8414d62"
 	}
 }

packages/lib/BaseApplication.ts

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ import RotatingLogs from './RotatingLogs';
 import { NoteEntity } from './services/database/types';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import processStartFlags from './utils/processStartFlags';
-import determineProfileDir from './determineProfileDir';
+import determineProfileAndBaseDir from './determineBaseAppDirs';
 
 const appLogger: LoggerWrapper = Logger.create('App');
 
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ export default class BaseApplication {
 		// https://immerjs.github.io/immer/docs/freezing
 		setAutoFreeze(initArgs.env === 'dev');
 
-		const rootProfileDir = options.rootProfileDir ? options.rootProfileDir : determineProfileDir(initArgs.profileDir, appName);
+		const { rootProfileDir, homeDir } = determineProfileAndBaseDir(options.rootProfileDir ?? initArgs.profileDir, appName);
 		const { profileDir, profileConfig, isSubProfile } = await initProfile(rootProfileDir);
 		this.profileConfig_ = profileConfig;
 
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ export default class BaseApplication {
 		Setting.setConstant('pluginDataDir', `${profileDir}/plugin-data`);
 		Setting.setConstant('cacheDir', cacheDir);
 		Setting.setConstant('pluginDir', `${rootProfileDir}/plugins`);
+		Setting.setConstant('homeDir', homeDir);
 
 		SyncTargetRegistry.addClass(SyncTargetNone);
 		SyncTargetRegistry.addClass(SyncTargetFilesystem);

packages/lib/determineBaseAppDirs.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { homedir } from 'os';
+import { toSystemSlashes } from './path-utils';
+
+export default (profileFromArgs: string, appName: string) => {
+	let profileDir = '';
+	let homeDir = '';
+
+	if (profileFromArgs) {
+		profileDir = profileFromArgs;
+		homeDir = profileDir;
+	} else if (process && process.env && process.env.PORTABLE_EXECUTABLE_DIR) {
+		profileDir = `${process.env.PORTABLE_EXECUTABLE_DIR}/JoplinProfile`;
+		homeDir = process.env.PORTABLE_EXECUTABLE_DIR;
+	} else {
+		profileDir = `${homedir()}/.config/${appName}`;
+		homeDir = homedir();
+	}
+
+	return {
+		rootProfileDir: toSystemSlashes(profileDir, 'linux'),
+		homeDir: toSystemSlashes(homeDir, 'linux'),
+	};
+};

packages/lib/models/Setting.ts

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ export interface Constants {
 	pluginDataDir: string;
 	cacheDir: string;
 	pluginDir: string;
+	homeDir: string;
 	flagOpenDevTools: boolean;
 	syncVersion: number;
 	startupDevPlugins: string[];
@@ -303,6 +304,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 		pluginDataDir: '',
 		cacheDir: '',
 		pluginDir: '',
+		homeDir: '',
 		flagOpenDevTools: false,
 		syncVersion: 3,
 		startupDevPlugins: [],

packages/lib/services/plugins/PluginService.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export interface Plugins {
 }
 
 export interface SettingAndValue {
-	[settingName: string]: string;
+	[settingName: string]: string|number|boolean;
 }
 
 export interface DefaultPluginSettings {

packages/lib/services/plugins/defaultPlugins/desktopDefaultPluginsInfo.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ const getDefaultPluginsInfo = (): DefaultPluginsInfo => {
 	const defaultPlugins = {
 		'io.github.jackgruber.backup': {
 			settings: {
-				'path': `${Setting.value('profileDir')}`,
+				'path': `${Setting.value('homeDir')}`,
+				'createSubfolderPerProfile': true,
 			},
 
 			// Joplin Portable is more likely to run on a device with low write speeds