codeup - A Portable VSCode Manager

A CLI tool by @codemonument named “codeup” to manage Portable VSCode installations (currently for windows only)

Language: Typescript Run via: deno / as portable cli Command (currently): codeup.exe

Available at:

• Deno Main Package: https://deno.land/x/codeup
• Deno Secondary Package (for visibility): https://deno.land/x/portable_vscode_manager (also uses codeup command)
• Base Git Repo: https://github.com/codemonument/portable-vscode-manager

How to use

1. Install the package from deno.land/x as cli codeup:

   deno install --allow-read --allow-write --allow-net --allow-run --allow-env --name codeup https://deno.land/x/codeup/main.ts

2. Enjoy codeup command! (Run coudeup help to get usage information)
3. Optional: You can change the command to anything you like by simply passing another –name instead of codeup

Repo Structure

• src - contains ts source files
• main.ts - contains the main entrypoint for this script
• playground - the current working directory for trying this script

VSCode Update API

The update api for vscode has the following endpoints (inclomplete):

• stable, zip/archive variant https://update.code.visualstudio.com/api/update/win32-x64-archive/stable/productCommit

• stable windows install in user directory

Additional info

Original Stack overflow issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66644107/api-public-to-get-the-latest-and-stable-vscode-version-available-to-download-f

Usage in VSCode (probably update routine): https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/640fa1af29d47b4d4fa09ff9b7c12521679ef634/src/vs/platform/update/electron-main/abstractUpdateService.ts#L17

available versions of vscode: https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

TODOs

• Auto-detect vscode install for updating:
  1. Search arguments passed to the executable
  2. Search in current working dir
  3. Add an env var VSCODE_INSTALL reading and update the install found at that location