Don't generate manifest.ts

.gitattributes

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 server/manifest.go linguist-generated=true
-webapp/src/manifest.js linguist-generated=true

build/manifest/main.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/model"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -32,17 +31,6 @@ func init() {
 }
 `
 
-const pluginIDJSFileTemplate = `// This file is automatically generated. Do not modify it manually.
-
-const manifest = JSON.parse(` + "`" + `
-%s
-` + "`" + `);
-
-export default manifest;
-export const id = manifest.id;
-export const version = manifest.version;
-`
-
 func main() {
 	if len(os.Args) <= 1 {
 		panic("no cmd specified")
@@ -134,28 +122,5 @@ func applyManifest(manifest *model.Manifest) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if manifest.HasWebapp() {
-		// generate JSON representation of Manifest.
-		// JSON is very similar and compatible with JS's object literals. so, what we do here
-		// is actually JS code generation.
-		manifestBytes, err := json.MarshalIndent(manifest, "", "    ")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		manifestStr := string(manifestBytes)
-
-		// Escape newlines
-		manifestStr = strings.ReplaceAll(manifestStr, `\n`, `\\n`)
-
-		// write generated code to file by using JS file template.
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(
-			"webapp/src/manifest.ts",
-			[]byte(fmt.Sprintf(pluginIDJSFileTemplate, manifestStr)),
-			0600,
-		); err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to open webapp/src/manifest.js")
-		}
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }

webapp/src/manifest.ts

@@ -1,30 +1,4 @@
-// This file is automatically generated. Do not modify it manually.
-
-const manifest = JSON.parse(`
-{
-    "id": "com.mattermost.plugin-starter-template",
-    "name": "Plugin Starter Template",
-    "description": "This plugin serves as a starting point for writing a Mattermost plugin.",
-    "version": "0.1.0",
-    "min_server_version": "5.12.0",
-    "server": {
-        "executables": {
-            "linux-amd64": "server/dist/plugin-linux-amd64",
-            "darwin-amd64": "server/dist/plugin-darwin-amd64",
-            "windows-amd64": "server/dist/plugin-windows-amd64.exe"
-        },
-        "executable": ""
-    },
-    "webapp": {
-        "bundle_path": "webapp/dist/main.js"
-    },
-    "settings_schema": {
-        "header": "",
-        "footer": "",
-        "settings": []
-    }
-}
-`);
+import manifest from '../../plugin.json';
 
 export default manifest;
 export const id = manifest.id;