Can arguments be passed via `electron-forge make`?

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I see here that arguments can be passed through to electron-forge start (eg. via electron-forge start -- role=production) but can’t seem to find out how to do so through the electron-forge make command.

Would appreciate being pointed in the right direction.

[onassar]

I did that and see the limited number of options. How can I go about having arguments passed through to the package Electron app while going through the make/forge process?

[MarshallOfSound]

@onassar That’s not possible, arguments are provided at runtime and can’t be “preconfigured”. If you want to set variables like that you should do something like so.

• Use an environment variable (let’s set MY_APP_ROLE) and set it to the value you want
• Use a generateAssets hook to create a file containing that information
• Load that file in your apps logic

This would look like so

// package.json
{
  "scripts": {
    "make": "MY_APP_ROLE=prod electron-forge make"
  }
}

// forge.config.js
module.exports = {
  hooks: {
    generateAssets: async () => {
      fs.writeFileSync(
        './role.json',
        JSON.stringify({
          role: process.env.MY_APP_ROLE
        })
      );
    }
  }
}

// main.js
const { role } = require('./role.json');