Local Flatpak repo tests

Setup Notes

# First let's follow the hello world flatpak tutorial
# https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/first-build.html


# Create flatpak-test-repo  in location you can write to:
$ export REPO_BASE=${HOME}/scratch/
$ mkdir -p ${REPO_BASE}/flatpak-test-repo


# create a directory to hold test flatpak applications
$ mkdir -p ${HOME}/scratch/flatpak-test/org.flatpak.Hello1

# Lets make the first test app
$ cd ${HOME}/scratch/flatpak-test/org.flatpak.Hello1

# create file: org.flatpak.Hello1.yml
$ cat << EOF > org.flatpak.Hello1.yml
id: org.flatpak.Hello1
runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
runtime-version: '25.08'
sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk
command: hello
modules:
  - name: hello
    buildsystem: simple
    build-commands:
      - install -Dm755 hello.sh /app/bin/hello
    sources:
      - type: script
        dest-filename: hello.sh
        commands:
          - echo "Hello world, from a sandbox" 
EOF


# build the flatpak and export to the local remote
$ flatpak-builder --force-clean --user --repo=${REPO_BASE}/flatpak-test-repo builddir org.flatpak.Hello1.yml

# Lets make the second test app
$ cd ${HOME}/scratch/flatpak-test/org.flatpak.Hello2

# create file: org.flatpak.Hello2.yml
$ cat << EOF > org.flatpak.Hello2.yml
id: org.flatpak.Hello2
runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
runtime-version: '25.08'
sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk
command: hello
modules:
  - name: hello
    buildsystem: simple
    build-commands:
      - install -Dm755 hello.sh /app/bin/hello
    sources:
      - type: script
        dest-filename: hello.sh
        commands:
          - echo "Hello world, from a sandbox" 
EOF


# build the flatpak and export to the local remote
$ flatpak-builder --force-clean --user --repo=${REPO_BASE}/flatpak-test-repo builddir org.flatpak.Hello2.yml

# Check the contents of the local remote
$ flatpak remote-ls file://${REPO_BASE}/flatpak-test-repo --columns=name,application,commit,ref,origin,arch
# Note the commit UUIDs

# rebuild the flatpaks and export to the local remote by repeating the flatpak-builder commands above
# check the contents of the local remote directory and check to see the commit UUID has changed
# This confirms you are able to update the local remote with update builds

# Add the local remote unfiltered to the systemwide session
$ flatpak remote-add --system --no-gpg-verify local-unfiltered ${REPO_BASE}/flatpak-test-repo

# Check the contents of the installed systemwide remote 
$ flatpak remote-ls --system local-unfiltered --columns=name,application,commit,ref,origin,arch
# Note the commit UUID, should be the same as the local repo directory

# Check with remote-info and see the history of commits into the local repo
$ flatpak remote-info --log local-unfiltered org.flatpak.Hello1
$ flatpak remote-info --log local-unfiltered org.flatpak.Hello2

# Let's now create the filter that allows Hello1 but denies Hello2
$ cat << EOF > ${HOME}/scratch/local-remote-filter
# Allowlist style filter
deny *
# Allow Hello1
allow app/org.flatpak.Hello1
EOF

# Let's create the filtered systemwide local remote
$ flatpak remote-add --system --no-gpg-verify --filter ${HOME}/scratch/local-remote-filter  local-filtered ${REPO_BASE}/flatpak-test-repo

# Make sure the install works as expected for both
# For Hello1 you should offer both local-filtered and local-unfilters as options
# install from filtered
$ flatpak install org.flatpak.Hello1

# For Hello2 you should only see local-unfiltered
$ flatpak install org.flatpak.Hello2

# check
$ flatpak list |grep Hello
# should see something like this:
Hello1	org.flatpak.Hello1		master	local-filtered	system
Hello2	org.flatpak.Hello2		master	local-unfiltered	system

# If you update both apps using the flatpak-builder commands again, flatpak update should update.
$ flatpak update org.flatpak.Hello1
$ flatpak update org.flatpak.Hello2


# This ends baseline setup.