create-local-ext-pack

A project creatioin script which configures a bare-bones VS Code extension-pack project.

Usage

yarn create local-ext-pack [target]

Alternatively, using npm:

npx create-local-ext-pack [target]

After answering a few questions about the new pack, navigate to [target] and install the dependencies.

Creating an Extension Pack

The initial project has the following structure:

new-extension-pack/
├── bin/
│   ├── install.js
│   └── readme.js
├── package.json
├── README.md
└── yarn.lock

The package.json file contians:

{
  "name": "my-extension-pack",

  /* ... */

  "scripts": {
    "vsc-pack": "node bin/readme.js && npx vsce package",
    "vsc-install": "yarn  vsc-pack && node ./bin/install.js"
  },
  "categories": [
    "Extension Packs"
  ],
  "config": {
    "vscode": [
      "code-insiders"
    ]
  },
  "extensionPack": [

  ],

  /* ... */

}

The vsc-install script

Add extensions by id to the extensionPack array in package.json