refactor: rewrite the portable mode (#851)

README.md

@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ This software creates a folder `$"{System.Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationD
 | macOS   | `${HOME}/Library/Application Support/SourceGit`     |
 
 > [!TIP]
-> You can open this data storage directory from the main menu.
+> * You can open this data storage directory from the main menu `Open Data Storage Directory`.
+> * You can create a `data` folder next to the `SourceGit` executable to force this app stores data (user settings, downloaded avatars and crash logs) into it (Portable-Mode). Only works on Windows.
 
 For **Windows** users:
 
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ For **Windows** users:
   scoop install sourcegit
   ```
 * Pre-built binaries can be found in [Releases](https://github.com/sourcegit-scm/sourcegit/releases/latest)
-* You can run `dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 -p:EnablePortable=true -o $YOUR_PUBLISH_DIR .\src\SourceGit.csproj` to build a portable version.
 
 For **macOS** users:
 

src/Native/OS.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-#if ENABLE_PORTABLE
 using System.Diagnostics;
-#endif
 using System.IO;
 
 using Avalonia;
@@ -58,16 +56,17 @@ public static void SetupApp(AppBuilder builder)
 
         public static void SetupDataDir()
         {
-#if ENABLE_PORTABLE
             if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows())
             {
                 var execFile = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule!.FileName;
-                DataDir = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(execFile), "data");
-                if (!Directory.Exists(DataDir))
-                    Directory.CreateDirectory(DataDir);
-                return;
+                var portableDir = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(execFile), "data");
+                if (Directory.Exists(portableDir))
+                {
+                    DataDir = portableDir;
+                    return;
+                }
             }
-#endif
+
             var osAppDataDir = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(osAppDataDir))
                 DataDir = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile), ".sourcegit");

src/SourceGit.csproj

@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);DISABLE_UPDATE_DETECTION</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(EnablePortable)' == 'true'">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);ENABLE_PORTABLE</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <AvaloniaResource Include="App.ico" />
     <AvaloniaResource Include="Resources/Fonts/*" />