VSCode: Restart an extension automatically when its source has changed

问题

I'm developing a VSCode extension. Is it possible to automatically have the extension reloaded when I change its source. Currently, I need to press Ctrl + SHift + F5.

回答1:

I guess your extension is written in TS/javascript, so you can use fs.watch to watch your sources, and find a way to run the vscode command workbench.action.reloadWindow, which is from sources of vscode, the function ReloadWindowAction.Run() or directly windowService.reloadWindow().

export class ReloadWindowAction extends Action {

    static readonly ID = 'workbench.action.reloadWindow';
    static LABEL = nls.localize('reloadWindow', "Reload Window");

    constructor(
        id: string,
        label: string,
        @IWindowService private windowService: IWindowService
    ) {
        super(id, label);
    }

    run(): TPromise<boolean> {
        return this.windowService.reloadWindow().then(() => true);
    }
}

It might be a tiny extension that connect those functions.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49946649/vscode-restart-an-extension-automatically-when-its-source-has-changed