Where is the vscode-extension-common in package.json dependencies?

[vikyd]

I want to build vscode-extension-fold from source, but missing vscode-extension-common.

[d-akara]

@vikyd it is just a relative file reference in package.json.

So you will want to clone this repository https://github.com/dakaraphi/vscode-extension-common

[vikyd]

Why not publish vscode-extension-common to npm?

[d-akara]

I couldn't figure out a workflow that allowed for quick iterations. I often make a lot of small quick changes between multiple plugins sharing this library and publishing to npm for each change would be a pain.

So using npm link should be a solution. However, I ran into issues there as well. Seems almost nobody is working with shared libraries pulling in vscode dependencies as it doesn't work.
These are some of the problems I ran into.
microsoft/TypeScript#6496
microsoft/vscode#25312
microsoft/vscode-vsce#207