Add enableAutoUpdater to buildConfig

src/common/config/buildConfig.js

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const buildConfig = {
   ],
   helpLink: 'https://about.mattermost.com/default-desktop-app-documentation/',
   enableServerManagement: true,
+  enableAutoUpdater: true,
 };
 
 export default buildConfig;

src/main.js

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {protocols} from '../electron-builder.json';
 
 import CriticalErrorHandler from './main/CriticalErrorHandler';
 import {upgradeAutoLaunch} from './main/autoLaunch';
+import buildConfig from './common/config/buildConfig';
 
 const criticalErrorHandler = new CriticalErrorHandler();
 
@@ -636,6 +637,7 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
   permissionManager = new PermissionManager(permissionFile, trustedURLs);
   session.defaultSession.setPermissionRequestHandler(permissionRequestHandler(mainWindow, permissionManager));
 
+  if (buildConfig.enableAutoUpdater) {
     const updaterConfig = autoUpdater.loadConfig(path.resolve(app.getAppPath(), '../app-updater-config.json'));
     autoUpdater.initialize(appState, mainWindow, updaterConfig.isNotifyOnly());
     ipcMain.on('check-for-updates', autoUpdater.checkForUpdates);
@@ -648,6 +650,7 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
         }, autoUpdater.INTERVAL_48_HOURS_IN_MS);
       }
     });
+  }
 
   // Open the DevTools.
   // mainWindow.openDevTools();

src/main/menus/app.js

@@ -230,12 +230,15 @@ function createTemplate(mainWindow, config, isDev) {
   submenu.push({
     label: `Version ${app.getVersion()}`,
     enabled: false,
-  }, {
+  });
+  if (buildConfig.enableAutoUpdater) {
+    submenu.push({
       label: 'Check for Updates...',
       click() {
         ipcMain.emit('check-for-updates', true);
       },
     });
+  }
   template.push({label: '&Help', submenu});
   return template;
 }