What this delivers (Stage 1+2 of the dev-mode feature):
1. New `**DEV**` marker for config fields. Mirrors the existing
`**ADVANCED**` pattern: stays in the description string, frontend
strips it for display, presence flips a 'hide unless dev mode is on'
behaviour. Implemented in ConfigUtils.cleanDescription /
isDevField / isDevModeOn and in ConfigShared._filterDevKeys, which
the two generateFieldsForCategory* helpers now call before rendering.
2. New CFG_DEV_MODE field in configs/general/general_install. Visible
under Advanced; defaults to false. The canonical place to toggle
dev mode (the WebUI easter egg writes to it, the auto-detector
writes to it, and users can flip it directly here too).
3. Marked CFG_INSTALL_MODE and CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL with `**DEV**`.
Normal users no longer see either field — they install Release-
Stable and that's the whole story. Devs see both with the
user-facing labels you asked for:
CFG_INSTALL_MODE Release - Stable | Git clone | Local folder
CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL Release - Stable | Release - Bleeding Edge
(CFG_INSTALL_MODE label for the release option also renamed to match.)
4. 10-click LibrePortal-logo easter egg in topbar.js:
- Counter on any .libreportal-logo click; idle-reset after 3 s
- Toast countdown from click 6 ('4 clicks away from being a developer…')
- At 10: toggles CFG_DEV_MODE via the standard config_update task
(same path the Config form uses); shows '🛠️ Developer mode
unlocked. Reload to see the extra options.'
- Re-using the same logo when dev mode is on toggles it back off
('… away from disabling developer mode') — symmetric, no separate UI
5. Auto-detect: on every WebUI load, if CFG_INSTALL_MODE is git or
local AND CFG_DEV_MODE is off, auto-flip to on with a one-time
toast 'Developer mode auto-enabled — you're on a git install.
Click the LibrePortal logo 10× to disable.' Stops dev-install
users getting locked out of the very options they need to manage
their install. Idempotent — runs once per page load; no-op if
already on or on release.
Disable surfaces: (a) CFG_DEV_MODE in Advanced on the Config form is
the canonical toggle; (b) 10 more logo clicks. A 3rd surface (a System
page banner) is deferred — those two cover the practical cases.
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scripts/source/fetch.sh (sourced at runtime via files_source.sh):
- lpFetchRelease [ver]: resolve channel manifest -> download tarball -> VERIFY
sha256 (refuse on mismatch/absence) -> replace the install tree ( is
code-only now; configs/logs live in the separate system tree, so no backup
dance). Host/channel from LP_RELEASE_BASE_URL/CFG_RELEASE_BASE_URL + channel.
- lpFetchSource: dispatch release|git|local.
- lpVersionGt: numeric dotted semver compare (used by the updater + badge).
init.sh initGIT is now release-aware: the bootstrap (install.sh) stages+verifies
the code and sets LP_ALREADY_FETCHED=1 (skip re-fetch); a direct release run sources
fetch.sh; a bare /root reinstall is directed to install.sh. install.sh exports
LP_ALREADY_FETCHED + LP_RELEASE_BASE_URL on hand-off. validateUnattended already
accepts release (git-url is gated on git mode).
Config: CFG_INSTALL_MODE default -> release, + CFG_RELEASE_BASE_URL / CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL
(add-only reconcile preserves existing installs' git/local mode).
Verified: lpVersionGt across cases; lpFetchRelease downloads+verifies+extracts a
clean tree against a local server. The updater + reset/reinstall release paths are
phase D.
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Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
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