vsrun

Visual Studio Code run cli that simplifies extension management.

VSCode currently laks automatic extension management. You can manage recommended and unwated extensions in .vscode/extensions.json but there is no way to automatically install and enable/disable.

This is a one-time effort, so why use a cli?

I like everything to work without any manual steps. In addition, if you work with many different technologies you end up running many extensions you do not really need all the time. Sometimes you even need to disable extensions for one project that you might need for another e.g. if you use take-over mode for vuejs but also work on other typescript projects.

Usage

Note: This has been implemented for Windows only so far and was tested with Windows 11. Please open an issue if you want to use it on Mac/Linux or if you are running into any issues.

Get the lastest released binary from the releases and put it on your path, then open your project using the cli. Both absolute and relative paths are supported as path/to/project.

vsrun path/to/project

Prerequisite: Visual Studio Code needs to be installed on your system. You can test this by running the follow line in your terminal:

code --help

When opening a project, the cli will read your .vscode/extensions.json file, install the recommendations and disable all other extensions installed. Additionally, all unwanted recommendations are disabled. This allows you to also disable built-in extensions.

A valid extensions.json file is required, e.g.:

{
    "recommendations": [
        "vadimcn.vscode-lldb",
        "mutantdino.resourcemonitor",
        "rust-lang.rust-analyzer",
        "tamasfe.even-better-toml",
        "serayuzgur.crates"
    ],
    "unwantedRecommendations": [
        "vscode.typescript-language-features",
        "vscode.github",
        "vscode.github-authentication"
    ]
}

If not extensions.json is present, an empty fallback is used:

{
    "recommendations": [],
    "unwantedRecommendations": []
}

Develop

Show logs

RUST_LOG=debug cargo run .

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Thanks to rust-cli for the comprehensive guide on how to create a CLI in rust.

Release

Build in release mode

cargo build -r