Replace remote wrapper module with Vite alias.

Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <anders@zulip.com>

app/common/config-util.ts

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import * as Sentry from "@sentry/electron";
 import {JsonDB} from "node-json-db";
 import {DataError} from "node-json-db/dist/lib/Errors";
 import type * as z from "zod";
+import {app, dialog} from "zulip:remote";
 
 import {configSchemata} from "./config-schemata.js";
 import * as EnterpriseUtil from "./enterprise-util.js";
 import Logger from "./logger-util.js";
-import {app, dialog} from "./remote.js";
 
 export type Config = {
   [Key in keyof typeof configSchemata]: z.output<typeof configSchemata[Key]>;

app/common/default-util.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
 
-import {app} from "./remote.js";
+import {app} from "zulip:remote";
 
 let setupCompleted = false;
 

app/common/logger-util.ts

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import fs from "node:fs";
 import os from "node:os";
 import process from "node:process";
 
+import {app} from "zulip:remote";
+
 import {initSetUp} from "./default-util.js";
-import {app} from "./remote.js";
 
 type LoggerOptions = {
   file?: string;

app/common/remote.ts

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import process from "node:process";
-
-export const {app, dialog} =
-  process.type === "renderer"
-    ? // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports, @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-      (require("@electron/remote") as typeof import("@electron/remote"))
-    : // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
-      require("electron/main");

package.json

@@ -140,13 +140,11 @@
     "Desktop app",
     "InstantMessaging"
   ],
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@electron/remote": "^2.0.8"
-  },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "fs-xattr": "^0.3.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@electron/remote": "^2.0.8",
     "@sentry/electron": "^4.1.2",
     "@types/adm-zip": "^0.5.0",
     "@types/auto-launch": "^5.0.2",

typings.d.ts

@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ declare namespace Electron {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-definitions
   interface IncomingMessage extends NodeJS.ReadableStream {}
 }
+
+declare module "zulip:remote" {
+  export const {
+    app,
+    dialog,
+  }: typeof import("electron/main") | typeof import("@electron/remote");
+}

vite.config.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
+
 import * as path from "node:path";
 
 import {defineConfig} from "vite";
@@ -37,6 +39,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
             },
             ssr: true,
           },
+          resolve: {
+            alias: {
+              "zulip:remote": "electron/main",
+            },
+          },
         },
       },
       {
@@ -82,6 +89,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
               external: ["electron", /^electron\//, "@yaireo/tagify"],
             },
           },
+          resolve: {
+            alias: {
+              "zulip:remote": "@electron/remote",
+            },
+          },
         },
       },
     ]),