799908 - TBPL should adjust the baseURL automatically if testing the client-side from the local filesystem

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Tree Management Graveyard :: TBPL, defect)

Description

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

Currently we can test client-side only changes by running index.html from the local filesystem & pointing the UI at the production server-side components. However this requires changing baseURL in Config.js every time I want to test locally. 

I do this by popping/pushing an mq, but it's still a PITA to have to remember to do - and if I forget to push the mq before starting the next patch, I inevitably end up at some point qrefreshing parts of the patch into my baseURL mq patch.

We should just detect "file:" in window.location.protocol and set the value automatically to save this messing about.

Comment 1

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

Attachment: Patch v1

Comment 2

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

Meant to add:
The reason for keeping baseURLOverride around (even though we now deal with the local filesystem case automatically), is in case people wish to point to tbpl-dev.allizom.org or say host just the UI from their own domain & still use tbpl.mozilla.org for the backend.

Comment 3

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

Attachment: Patch v2

I think this is simpler.

Comment 4

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

Thank you :-)

https://hg.mozilla.org/users/mstange_themasta.com/tinderboxpushlog/rev/8f404395159e