/temporary-containers

Firefox Add-on that lets you open automatically managed disposable containers

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

Temporary Containers Firefox Add-on

Build Status Temporary Containers Matrix room #tmp:mozilla.org

Detailed information about the Add-on can be found in the wiki. There's also this long-form article.

Development

Requirements

  • Clone the repository
  • npm install
  • npm run dev

Run in Firefox

  • npx web-ext run -s dist
    • starts the default system Firefox with a temporary profile, loads the Add-on and watches for changes
    • append -p profilename to start Firefox with a specific profile

or

  • Open about:debugging and Load Temporary Add-on which is located in the dist directory

Check about:debugging and click Inspect to the right of Temporary Containers to see the console.

Run the tests

  • Once: npm test
    • Shows a coverage summary and generates a detailed report in the coverage directory
  • Watcher: npm run watch:test

Release

AMO and GitHub

  • Bump manifest version
  • Commit, tag and push
  • Upload zip web-ext-artifact to AMO
  • Download published AMO xpi
  • Create and publish GitHub release with AMO xpi

Pre-Release on GitHub

  • Bump manifest version
  • Commit and push
  • git tag v1.0beta1
  • git push origin v1.0beta1
  • git log $(git tag --sort=-version:refname | sed -n 2p)..HEAD --pretty=format:%s
  • Add release notes and publish

Libraries

Vue.js and SemanticUI are used for the preferences & popup UI.

License

MIT