fix: version diff

electron/utils/menu.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 const { app, Menu, dialog } = require("electron");
 const isMac = process.platform === "darwin";
 const { autoUpdater } = require("electron-updater");
+import { compareSemanticVersions } from "./versionDiff";
 
 const template: (Electron.MenuItemConstructorOptions | Electron.MenuItem)[] = [
   ...(isMac
@@ -14,7 +15,13 @@ const template: (Electron.MenuItemConstructorOptions | Electron.MenuItem)[] = [
               label: "Check for Updates...",
               click: () =>
                 autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify().then((e) => {
-                  if (!e || e.updateInfo.files.length === 0)
+                  if (
+                    !e ||
+                    compareSemanticVersions(
+                      app.getVersion(),
+                      e.updateInfo.version
+                    ) >= 0
+                  )
                     dialog.showMessageBox({
                       message: `There are currently no updates available.`,
                     });

electron/utils/versionDiff.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+export const compareSemanticVersions = (a: string, b: string) => {
+ 
+    // 1. Split the strings into their parts.
+    const a1 = a.split('.');
+    const b1 = b.split('.');
+    // 2. Contingency in case there's a 4th or 5th version
+    const len = Math.min(a1.length, b1.length);
+    // 3. Look through each version number and compare.
+    for (let i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        const a2 = +a1[ i ] || 0;
+        const b2 = +b1[ i ] || 0;
+        
+        if (a2 !== b2) {
+            return a2 > b2 ? 1 : -1;        
+        }
+    }
+    
+    // 4. We hit this if the all checked versions so far are equal
+    //
+    return b1.length - a1.length;
+};