Point ReleasesApiConsumer at nightly repo if config value is set

extensions/ql-vscode/src/codeql-cli/distribution.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ const DEFAULT_DISTRIBUTION_OWNER_NAME = "github";
  */
 const DEFAULT_DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITORY_NAME = "codeql-cli-binaries";
 
+/**
+ * Owner name of the nightly version of the extension-managed distribution on GitHub.
+ */
+const NIGHTLY_DISTRIBUTION_OWNER_NAME = "dsp-testing";
+
+/**
+ * Repository name of the nightly version of the extension-managed distribution on GitHub.
+ */
+const NIGHTLY_DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITORY_NAME = "codeql-cli-nightlies";
+
 /**
  * Range of versions of the CLI that are compatible with the extension.
  *
@@ -476,19 +486,33 @@ class ExtensionSpecificDistributionManager {
   }
 
   private createReleasesApiConsumer(): ReleasesApiConsumer {
-    const ownerName = this.config.ownerName
-      ? this.config.ownerName
-      : DEFAULT_DISTRIBUTION_OWNER_NAME;
-    const repositoryName = this.config.repositoryName
-      ? this.config.repositoryName
-      : DEFAULT_DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITORY_NAME;
     return new ReleasesApiConsumer(
-      ownerName,
-      repositoryName,
+      this.distributionOwnerName(),
+      this.distributionRepositoryName(),
       this.config.personalAccessToken,
     );
   }
 
+  private distributionOwnerName(): string {
+    if (this.config.ownerName) {
+      return this.config.ownerName;
+    } else if (this.config.channel === "nightly") {
+      return NIGHTLY_DISTRIBUTION_OWNER_NAME;
+    } else {
+      return DEFAULT_DISTRIBUTION_OWNER_NAME;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private distributionRepositoryName(): string {
+    if (this.config.repositoryName) {
+      return this.config.repositoryName;
+    } else if (this.config.channel === "nightly") {
+      return NIGHTLY_DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITORY_NAME;
+    } else {
+      return DEFAULT_DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITORY_NAME;
+    }
+  }
+
   private async bumpDistributionFolderIndex(): Promise<void> {
     const index = this.extensionContext.globalState.get(
       ExtensionSpecificDistributionManager._currentDistributionFolderIndexStateKey,

extensions/ql-vscode/src/config.ts

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ const PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN_SETTING = new Setting(
   "personalAccessToken",
   DISTRIBUTION_SETTING,
 );
+const CLI_CHANNEL_SETTING = new Setting("channel", DISTRIBUTION_SETTING);
 
 // Query History configuration
 const QUERY_HISTORY_SETTING = new Setting("queryHistory", ROOT_SETTING);
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ const DISTRIBUTION_CHANGE_SETTINGS = [
   PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN_SETTING,
 ];
 
+export type CLIChannel = "released" | "nightly";
+
 export interface DistributionConfig {
   readonly customCodeQlPath?: string;
   updateCustomCodeQlPath: (newPath: string | undefined) => Promise<void>;
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ export interface DistributionConfig {
   personalAccessToken?: string;
   ownerName?: string;
   repositoryName?: string;
+  channel: CLIChannel;
   onDidChangeConfiguration?: Event<void>;
 
   /**
@@ -283,6 +287,12 @@ export class DistributionConfigListener
     );
   }
 
+  public get channel(): CLIChannel {
+    return CLI_CHANNEL_SETTING.getValue() === "nightly"
+      ? "nightly"
+      : "released";
+  }
+
   public forceUpdateConfiguration() {
     this._onDidChangeConfiguration.fire(undefined);
   }