From cde9778551c662b7ef7eb06b8ab4779787ce9343 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florent Benoit <fbenoit@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:57:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Allow to specify the path to the devfile with factory
 workflow Fixes https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues/20607

---
 .../src/services/helpers/location.ts                | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/services/helpers/location.ts b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/services/helpers/location.ts
index 3f939f8f1..99727893d 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/services/helpers/location.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/services/helpers/location.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ export function buildFactoryLoaderLocation(url?: string): Location {
         editor = editorParam.slice();
     }
     fullUrl.searchParams.delete('che-editor');
+
+    // search for devfile switch and if there is one, remove it from the URL
+    const devfileFilenameAttribute = 'devfileFilename';
+    const devfileFilenameParam = fullUrl.searchParams.get(devfileFilenameAttribute);
+    let devfileFilename;
+    if (devfileFilenameParam && typeof(devfileFilenameParam) === 'string') {
+      devfileFilename = devfileFilenameParam.slice();
+    }
+    fullUrl.searchParams.delete(devfileFilenameAttribute);
+
     const encodedUrl = encodeURIComponent(fullUrl.toString());
 
     // if editor specified, add it as a new parameter
@@ -55,6 +65,9 @@ export function buildFactoryLoaderLocation(url?: string): Location {
     if (editor) {
       pathAndQuery = `${pathAndQuery}&che-editor=${editor}`;
     }
+    if (devfileFilename) {
+      pathAndQuery = `${pathAndQuery}&override.devfileFilename=${devfileFilename}`;
+    }
   }
   return _buildLocationObject(pathAndQuery);
 }