Use local config file in dev. Fix #903 (#904)

* Use local config file in dev

* Fix typo

* Reuse path variable to compose localPath

* Fix lint errors

Author: chabou

.gitignore

@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ node_modules
 
 # logs
 npm-debug.log
+
+# optional dev config file and plugins directory
+.hyper.js
+.hyper_plugins
+

app/config.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const {resolve} = require('path');
 const vm = require('vm');
 
 const {dialog} = require('electron');
+const isDev = require('electron-is-dev');
 const gaze = require('gaze');
 const Config = require('electron-config');
 const notify = require('./notify');
@@ -16,8 +17,23 @@ const winCfg = new Config({
   }
 });
 
-const path = resolve(homedir(), '.hyper.js');
-const pathLegacy = resolve(homedir(), '.hyperterm.js');
+let configDir = homedir();
+if (isDev) {
+  // if a local config file exists, use it
+  try {
+    const devDir = resolve(__dirname, '..');
+    const devConfig = resolve(devDir, '.hyper.js');
+    statSync(devConfig);
+    configDir = devDir;
+    console.log('using config file:', devConfig);
+  } catch (err) {
+    // ignore
+  }
+}
+
+const path = resolve(configDir, '.hyper.js');
+const pathLegacy = resolve(configDir, '.hyperterm.js');
+
 const watchers = [];
 
 let cfg = {};
@@ -102,6 +118,11 @@ exports.init = function () {
   watch();
 };
 
+exports.getConfigDir = function () {
+  // expose config directory to load plugin from the right place
+  return configDir;
+};
+
 exports.getConfig = function () {
   return cfg.config;
 };

app/plugins.js

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const {exec} = require('child_process');
-const {homedir} = require('os');
 const {resolve, basename} = require('path');
 const {writeFileSync} = require('fs');
 
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@ const notify = require('./notify');
 const cache = new Config();
 
 // modules path
-const path = resolve(homedir(), '.hyper_plugins');
-const localPath = resolve(homedir(), '.hyper_plugins', 'local');
+const path = resolve(config.getConfigDir(), '.hyper_plugins');
+const localPath = resolve(path, 'local');
 const availableExtensions = new Set([
   'onApp', 'onWindow', 'onRendererWindow', 'onUnload', 'middleware',
   'reduceUI', 'reduceSessions', 'reduceTermGroups',