Table of contents

• 5. Publishing and Updating
  • Using update.electronjs.org
  • Publishing a GitHub release
    • a. Generating a personal access token
    • b. Setting up the GitHub Publisher
      • Installing the module
      • Configuring the publisher in Forge
  • Running the publish command
    • package.json
    • publish
    • github release(draft)
    • publish release
    • release done!

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5. Publishing and Updating

Using update.electronjs.org

requirements

• Your app runs on macOS or Windows
• Your app has a public GitHub repository
• Builds are published to GitHub releases
• Builds are code signed

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Publishing a GitHub release

a. Generating a personal access token

create a new personal access token(PAT) with the public_repo scope, which gives write access to your public repositories (repo 체크)
PAT는 저장해둬야 함.

b. Setting up the GitHub Publisher

Installing the module

npm install --save-dev @electron-forge/publisher-github

실행화면

Configuring the publisher in Forge

//forge.config.js
module.exports = {
  publishers: [
    {
      name: '@electron-forge/publisher-github',
      config: {
        repository: {
          owner: 'github-user-name',
          name: 'github-repo-name'
        },
        prerelease: false,
        draft: true
      }
    }
  ]
}

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Running the publish command

package.json

//package.json
//...
  "scripts": {
    "start": "electron-forge start",
    "package": "electron-forge package",
    "make": "electron-forge make",
    "publish": "electron-forge publish"
  },
  //...

publish

npm run publish

github release(draft)

publish release

release done!