lossless-cut/developer-notes.md

Development building / running

This app is built using Electron. Make sure you have at least Node v14. The app uses ffmpeg from PATH when developing.

npm install -g yarn

git clone https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut.git
cd lossless-cut
yarn

Note: yarn may take some time to complete.

ffmpeg

Run one of the below commands:

npm run download-ffmpeg-mac
npm run download-ffmpeg-linux
npm run download-ffmpeg-windows

Running

npm start

Testing mas-dev build locally

This will sign using the development provisioning profile:

npm run pack-mas-dev

Release

For per-platform build/signing setup, see https://blog.mifi.no/2020/03/31/automated-electron-build-with-release-to-mac-app-store-microsoft-store-snapcraft/

Release new version

• Commit changes
• npm version ...
• git push && git push --tags
• Wait for build and draft in Github actions
• Release draft at github
• Bump snap version
• npm run scan-i18n to get the newest Englist strings and push so weblate gets them

Maintainence chores

Keep dependencies up to date

• ffmpeg
• electron
• package.json

i18n

npm run scan-i18n

Licenses

Generate summary

npx license-checker --summary

Regenerate licenses file

npm run generate-licenses
#cp licenses.txt losslesscut.mifi.no/public//

Then deploy.