core: enable portable-mode

packages/core/src/electron-main/electron-main-application.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { Argv } from 'yargs';
 import { AddressInfo } from 'net';
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { fork, ForkOptions } from 'child_process';
 import { DefaultTheme, FrontendApplicationConfig } from '@theia/application-package/lib/application-props';
 import URI from '../common/uri';
@@ -171,6 +172,8 @@ export class ElectronMainApplication {
     @inject(TheiaElectronWindowFactory)
     protected readonly windowFactory: TheiaElectronWindowFactory;
 
+    protected isPortable = this.makePortable();
+
     protected readonly electronStore = new Storage<{
         windowstate?: TheiaBrowserWindowOptions
     }>();
@@ -194,6 +197,20 @@ export class ElectronMainApplication {
         return this._config;
     }
 
+    protected makePortable(): boolean {
+        const dataFolderPath = path.join(app.getAppPath(), 'data');
+        const appDataPath = path.join(dataFolderPath, 'app-data');
+        if (existsSync(dataFolderPath)) {
+            if (!existsSync(appDataPath)) {
+                mkdirSync(appDataPath);
+            }
+            app.setPath('userData', appDataPath);
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     async start(config: FrontendApplicationConfig): Promise<void> {
         this.useNativeWindowFrame = this.getTitleBarStyle(config) === 'native';
         this._config = config;

packages/core/src/node/env-variables/env-variables-server.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { join } from 'path';
 import { homedir } from 'os';
 import { injectable } from 'inversify';
 import * as drivelist from 'drivelist';
+import { pathExists, mkdir } from 'fs-extra';
 import { EnvVariable, EnvVariablesServer } from '../../common/env-variables';
 import { isWindows } from '../../common/os';
 import { FileUri } from '../file-uri';
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ export class EnvVariablesServerImpl implements EnvVariablesServer {
     protected readonly envs: { [key: string]: EnvVariable } = {};
     protected readonly homeDirUri = FileUri.create(homedir()).toString();
     protected readonly configDirUri: Promise<string>;
+    protected readonly pathExistenceCache: { [key: string]: boolean } = {};
 
     constructor() {
         this.configDirUri = this.createConfigDirUri();
@@ -43,7 +45,25 @@ export class EnvVariablesServerImpl implements EnvVariablesServer {
     }
 
     protected async createConfigDirUri(): Promise<string> {
-        return FileUri.create(process.env.THEIA_CONFIG_DIR || join(homedir(), '.theia')).toString();
+        let dataFolderPath: string = '';
+        if (process.env.THEIA_APP_PROJECT_PATH) {
+            dataFolderPath = join(process.env.THEIA_APP_PROJECT_PATH, 'data');
+        }
+        const userDataPath = join(dataFolderPath, 'user-data');
+        const dataFolderExists = this.pathExistenceCache[dataFolderPath] ??= await pathExists(dataFolderPath);
+        if (dataFolderExists) {
+            const userDataExists = this.pathExistenceCache[userDataPath] ??= await pathExists(userDataPath);
+            if (userDataExists) {
+                process.env.THEIA_CONFIG_DIR = userDataPath;
+            } else {
+                await mkdir(userDataPath);
+                process.env.THEIA_CONFIG_DIR = userDataPath;
+                this.pathExistenceCache[userDataPath] = true;
+            }
+        } else {
+            process.env.THEIA_CONFIG_DIR = join(homedir(), '.theia');
+        }
+        return FileUri.create(process.env.THEIA_CONFIG_DIR).toString();
     }
 
     async getExecPath(): Promise<string> {