vscodenv

Project-level extensions for Visual Studio Code.

How it works

This command line tool leverages the VSCode CLI to manage your extensions on a project level.

Projects' extensions are stored in the .vscode/extensions directory.

You can launch Visual Studio Code from the console using the command vscode, the workspace is then opened loading only the extensions found in that workspace's .vscode/extensions.

When you open a workspace this way every required extension in .vscode/extensions.json is installed for that workspace.

To install an extension in your workspace you can run the command vscode -i <extension-id> or, after launching Visual Studio Code with the command vscode, you can install an extension from the marketplace like you normally do.
Note: using the command vscode -i <extension-id>, if the extension is found in ~/.vscode/extensions, the extension will not be downloaded but symlinked.

Finally you can set all the extensions installed in your workspace as required (in .vscode/extensions.json) using the command vscode --generate-required.

Installation

1. Clone vscodenv into ~/.vscodenv.

   $ git clone https://github.com/AlexCovizzi/vscodenv.git ~/.vscodenv

2. Add ~/.vscodenv to your $PATH for access to the vscode command-line utility.

   $ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.vscodenv:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

   Ubuntu note: Modify your ~/.bashrc instead of ~/.bash_profile.

   Zsh note: Modify your ~/.zshrc file instead of ~/.bash_profile.

3. Restart your shell so that PATH changes take effect. (Opening a new terminal tab will usually do it.)

4. Add in your user settings:

   "files.exclude": {
       "**/.vscode/extensions/*/*": true,
   },
   "files.watcherExclude": {
       "**/.vscode/extensions/*/*": true,
   },

Upgrading

You can upgrade vscodenv to the latest version by pulling from GitHub:

$ cd ~/.vscodenv
$ git pull