From 9b4b0306c77d391b64686eca0d67690a4fa92e0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MasterAcnolo <68693319+MasterAcnolo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:33:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: move config to AppData to prevent settings loss on
 update, add config.dev.json for dev environment

---
 .gitignore                                  |  2 ++
 app/ipcHandlers.js                          | 12 ++-----
 config.js                                   | 38 +++++++++++++++------
 config/{config.json => config.default.json} |  0
 package.json                                |  7 ++--
 5 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
 rename config/{config.json => config.default.json} (100%)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b044080..3c5cf2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@
 /ressources/ffprobe.exe
 /ressources/deno.exe
 
+config/config.dev.json
+
 logs/*.json
 logs/*.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/ipcHandlers.js b/app/ipcHandlers.js
index 8e953a0..556f1c3 100644
--- a/app/ipcHandlers.js
+++ b/app/ipcHandlers.js
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 const { ipcMain, dialog, shell } = require("electron");
 const fs = require("fs");
-const path = require("path");
 const { logger, logDir } = require("../server/logger");
-const { configFeatures } = require("../config");
+const { configFeatures, featuresPath } = require("../config"); 
 const config = require("../config");
 const { validateDownloadPath, getDefaultDownloadPath } = require("./pathValidator");
 
-const configFolderPath = path.join(
-  config.localMode
-
-    ? path.join(__dirname, "..")
-    : path.join(path.dirname(process.execPath), "resources"), "config", "config.json"
-);
-
 const FEATURE_WHITELIST = new Set([
   "autoUpdate",
   "discordRPC",
@@ -25,6 +17,8 @@ const FEATURE_WHITELIST = new Set([
   "customCodec",
 ]);
 
+const configFolderPath = featuresPath;
+
 function registerIpcHandlers(getMainWindow) {
     
   // Infos générales
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 4a40e97..3e8a43d 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -5,23 +5,39 @@ const path = require("path");
 
 const localMode = !app.isPackaged;
 
-// Change path for JSON file
-const featuresPath =  path.join(path.join(`${localMode ? __dirname : process.resourcesPath}`,"config/" , "config.json"));
+function resolveConfigPath() {
+  if (localMode) {
+    const devConfigPath = path.join(__dirname, "config", "config.dev.json");
+    if (!fs.existsSync(devConfigPath)) {
+      const defaultConfigPath = path.join(__dirname, "config", "config.default.json");
+      fs.copyFileSync(defaultConfigPath, devConfigPath);
+    }
+    return devConfigPath;
+  }
 
-let features = {};
+  const userConfigPath = path.join(app.getPath("userData"), "config.json");
+  if (!fs.existsSync(userConfigPath)) {
+    const defaultConfigPath = path.join(process.resourcesPath, "config", "config.default.json");
+    fs.copyFileSync(defaultConfigPath, userConfigPath);
+  }
+
+  return userConfigPath;
+}
+
+const featuresPath = resolveConfigPath();
 
 function loadFeatures() {
-    const raw = fs.readFileSync(featuresPath, "utf-8");
-    features = JSON.parse(raw);
-    return features;
+  const raw = fs.readFileSync(featuresPath, "utf-8");
+  return JSON.parse(raw);
 }
 
 const configFeatures = loadFeatures();
 
 module.exports = {
-    version: packageJson.version,
-    applicationPort: "8787",
-    localMode,
-    DiscordRPCID: "1410934537051181146",
-    configFeatures
+  version: packageJson.version,
+  applicationPort: "8787",
+  localMode,
+  DiscordRPCID: "1410934537051181146",
+  configFeatures,
+  featuresPath
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/config.json b/config/config.default.json
similarity index 100%
rename from config/config.json
rename to config/config.default.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dfff853..a9e324a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
     ],
     "files": [
       "**/*",
-      "node_modules/**/*"
+      "node_modules/**/*",
+      "!config/config.dev.json"
     ],
     "directories": {
       "buildResources": "build"
@@ -77,8 +78,8 @@
         "to": "binaries/deno.exe"
       },
       {
-        "from": "config/config.json",
-        "to": "config/config.json"
+        "from": "config/config.default.json",
+        "to": "config/config.default.json"
       }
     ],
     "win": {