extraResources parent directory

[atypicalprogrammer]

Is it not possible to go outside the current directory?

For .directories.app this is possible.

But for build.extraResources it seem not;

build.extraResources = ["../extra/**/*"]

[develar]

extraResources relative to the project directory. Do you want to copy resources outside of project directory?

[atypicalprogrammer]

This is my structure

Folder
-- Packager (contains electron-builder)
-- App
-- Extra

All these are separate git repo's, that's why I can't include them together. So yes, I want to copy resources outside of the packager directory.

[develar]

And dev package.json in the Packager? Hmm... your setup is strange :) Why you cannot put App and Extra inside Packager (clone to subfolder)? Just add App and Extra to .gitignore file of Packager.

[atypicalprogrammer]

Seems easier like I have it now :-) Especially because others will want to download it and if they then have to move the other repo's (which work independently) inside the packager, it's just a mess.

[develar]

FYI: My working project contains 8 inner git repositories :)

[atypicalprogrammer]

Well actually it seems illogical. Now I have to package my App inside a Packager folder. That just doesn't make sense. But fine!

[develar]

it seems illogical

Well... To build app, you need some non-production code. Your Packager acts as a meta-directory — logical for me.

[atypicalprogrammer]

Ideally one should be able to run the packager from anywhere I want. That seems more logical. But that's just my humble opinion ;-)

[develar]

Ideally one should be able to run the packager from anywhere I want.

You can, but extraResources should be in the project basedir ;) (location, where do you run / dev package.json is located). It can be fixed, but as there is an acceptable solution, it will be not fixed for now :)

[atypicalprogrammer]

How about we can add resources in the app folder, but not have them in the asar? so it would be app/resources or something and they'd automatically be added as extra resources. Not in asar is what I need.

[develar]

How about we can add resources in the app folder, but not have them in the asar?

Originally, it was implemented for 2 package.json scheme. So, extra resources is not filtered automatically. Will be fixed once will be an issue about it ;)

Why it is included if you have Extra not in the App?

[chr1gu]

I have the same problem as @atypicalprogrammer because my application lives next to the packaging project. The application is a separate project used by other projects so I also think it should not live inside the packager directory :)

[develar]

@chrigu-ebert Now you have extraFiles/extraResources/files — please see https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/wiki/Options

[chr1gu]

@develar woah thanks for the super fast response! I'll check it out! Seems to do the trick :)

Edit:
Works perfectly!