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Feature: Pre-Install VS Code extensions in desktop VS Code module #218

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feat(tools): 207 Add pre-install & workspace settings to vscode-desktop
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chore(app): rename setup.sh to run.sh
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chore(app): Add commands to install vscode cli
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61 changes: 50 additions & 11 deletions registry/coder/modules/vscode-desktop/run.sh
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Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ log() {
echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] $1"
}

# Function to check if VS Code CLI is available
# Function to check if VS Code CLI is available, and install if missing
check_vscode_cli() {
if command -v code >/dev/null 2>&1; then
return 0
Expand All @@ -28,14 +28,58 @@ check_vscode_cli() {
"/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code"
)

for path in "$${vscode_paths[@]}"; do
for path in "${vscode_paths[@]}"; do
if [ -x "$path" ]; then
export PATH="$PATH:$(dirname "$path")"
return 0
fi
done

# Try to install VS Code Desktop (which provides the CLI)
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I think we only need the CLI and not the full VS Code.

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@yashksaini-coder Another option is to not install the code CLI at all and direct download and place extensions VSIX files in the --extensions-dir directory.
We can take that as input to the moudle with a sane default.

Additionally, downloading extensions directly would work with Other VSCode-based IDEs, such as Cursor, WindSurf, and Kiro.

WDYT?

See: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/extensions/extension-marketplace#_command-line-extension-management

log "VS Code CLI (code) not found. Attempting to install VS Code Desktop..."
if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
log "Attempting to install VS Code via apt-get..."
sudo apt-get update >/dev/null 2>&1 && sudo apt-get install -y wget gpg >/dev/null 2>&1
wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'
sudo apt-get update >/dev/null 2>&1 && sudo apt-get install -y code >/dev/null 2>&1
rm -f microsoft.gpg

elif command -v yum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
log "Attempting to install VS Code via yum..."
sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'
sudo yum check-update >/dev/null 2>&1 && sudo yum install -y code >/dev/null 2>&1

elif command -v dnf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
log "Attempting to install VS Code via dnf..."
sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'
sudo dnf check-update >/dev/null 2>&1 && sudo dnf install -y code >/dev/null 2>&1

elif command -v pacman >/dev/null 2>&1; then
log "Attempting to install VS Code via pacman..."
sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm code >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm visual-studio-code-bin >/dev/null 2>&1

elif command -v brew >/dev/null 2>&1; then
log "Attempting to install VS Code via brew..."
brew install --cask visual-studio-code >/dev/null 2>&1

else
log "ERROR: Could not determine package manager to install VS Code. Please install it manually."
return 1

return 1
fi

# Re-check for code CLI
if command -v code >/dev/null 2>&1; then
log "✓ VS Code CLI installed successfully."
return 0
else
log "ERROR: VS Code CLI installation failed. Please install VS Code Desktop and ensure 'code' is in your PATH."
return 1
fi
}

# Function to install VS Code extensions
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -241,14 +285,9 @@ main() {

# Check if VS Code CLI is available
if ! check_vscode_cli; then
log "WARNING: VS Code CLI (code command) is not available in PATH."
log "Extensions cannot be installed automatically, but settings will still be configured."
log "To install extensions manually, ensure VS Code is installed and the 'code' command is available."

# Still configure settings and create recommendations
configure_settings "$SETTINGS" "$FOLDER"
create_extensions_recommendations "$EXTENSIONS" "$FOLDER"
return 0
log "ERROR: VS Code CLI (code command) is not available in PATH after installation attempt."
log "Please ensure VS Code Desktop is installed and the 'code' command is available."
exit 1
fi

# Install extensions
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