Github Desktop and VS Code Insiders #22238

whippingdot · 2020-11-26T09:08:17Z

whippingdot
Nov 26, 2020

In github desktop, can you select VS Code Insider’s addition as your editor cause I couldn’t find it.

Answered by billythekid

Nov 26, 2020

Hi @whippingdot,

The supported editors for Desktop can be found here:

docs.github.com

Configuring a default editor - GitHub Docs

I’ve seen a couple of old issues about VS Code Insiders in the desktop repository that suggest it’s supported:

github.com/desktop/desktop

add support for detecting new User Install of VS Code Insiders

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    opened <span class="discourse-local-date" data-format="ll" data-date="2018-07-30" data-time="12:53:26" data-timezone="UTC">12:53PM - 30 Jul 18 UTC</span>
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billythekid · 2020-11-26T09:15:20Z

billythekid
Nov 26, 2020

Hi @whippingdot,

The supported editors for Desktop can be found here:

docs.github.com

Configuring a default editor - GitHub Docs

I’ve seen a couple of old issues about VS Code Insiders in the desktop repository that suggest it’s supported:

github.com/desktop/desktop

add support for detecting new User Install of VS Code Insiders

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  <div class="date">
    opened <span class="discourse-local-date" data-format="ll" data-date="2018-07-30" data-time="12:53:26" data-timezone="UTC">12:53PM - 30 Jul 18 UTC</span>
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      closed <span class="discourse-local-date" data-format="ll" data-date="2018-08-18" data-time="11:29:51" data-timezone="UTC">11:29AM - 18 Aug 18 UTC</span>
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File -> Options -> Advanced -> External editor Describe the solution you'd like I believe VS Code Insiders is supported, however Microsoft has...

help wanted integrations windows

github.com/desktop/desktop

support VSCode Insiders build alongside Stable

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  <code>desktop:master</code> ← <code>say25:vs-code-insiders-side-by-side</code>
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    opened <span class="discourse-local-date" data-format="ll" data-date="2017-11-28" data-time="07:31:09" data-timezone="UTC">07:31AM - 28 Nov 17 UTC</span>
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~~I’m asking the team involved with Desktop for more information and I’ll get back to you as soon as I hear back on this.~~

The way this is detected differs between Windows or Mac installs.

If you’re using Windows

I’ve had it confirmed that this should be available in the selection menu if it’s installed in the default way using the windows installer, but may not appear if it’s been installed by way of a portable install or using chocolatey or similar.

These are the registry locations it uses to detect this, if you’re confident with registry entries you can check if these exist:

github.com

desktop/desktop/blob/a7ec771daff26a274c221c87e2a337765cfa2825/app/src/lib/editors/win32.ts#L101-L125


return [
  // 64-bit version of VSCode (user) - provided by default in 64-bit Windows
  {
    key: HKEY.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
    subKey:
      'SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{217B4C08-948D-4276-BFBB-BEE930AE5A2C}_is1',
  },
  // 32-bit version of VSCode (user)
  {
    key: HKEY.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
    subKey:
      'SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{26F4A15E-E392-4887-8C09-7BC55712FD5B}_is1',
  },
  // 64-bit version of VSCode (system) - was default before user scope installation
  {
    key: HKEY.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
    subKey:
      'SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{1287CAD5-7C8D-410D-88B9-0D1EE4A83FF2}_is1',
  },
  // 32-bit version of VSCode (system)

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If this is a Mac install

We use the app bundle ID to detect its existence on the system:

github.com

desktop/desktop/blob/a7ec771daff26a274c221c87e2a337765cfa2825/app/src/lib/editors/darwin.ts#L46



function getBundleIdentifiers(editor: ExternalEditor): ReadonlyArray<string> {
  switch (editor) {
    case ExternalEditor.Atom:
      return ['com.github.atom']
    case ExternalEditor.MacVim:
      return ['org.vim.MacVim']
    case ExternalEditor.VSCode:
      return ['com.microsoft.VSCode']
    case ExternalEditor.VSCodeInsiders:
      return ['com.microsoft.VSCodeInsiders']
    case ExternalEditor.VSCodium:
      return ['com.visualstudio.code.oss']
    case ExternalEditor.SublimeText:
      return ['com.sublimetext.3']
    case ExternalEditor.BBEdit:
      return ['com.barebones.bbedit']
    case ExternalEditor.PhpStorm:
      return ['com.jetbrains.PhpStorm']
    case ExternalEditor.PyCharm:
      return ['com.jetbrains.PyCharm']

You can check if this is a resolvable path by running the following command in your terminal:

mdfind "kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier === 'com.microsoft.VSCodeInsiders'"

Kind regards,
Billy

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whippingdot · 2020-11-26T13:44:44Z

whippingdot
Nov 26, 2020
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Oops, I checked my github Desktop now and it came. Thanks for the help. 😃. I am really sorry. I tried after some time earlier too but it didn’t come. It has just came after about 5 hrs. Thanks anyways.

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billythekid · 2020-11-26T14:03:47Z

billythekid
Nov 26, 2020

That’s great to hear, thanks for the update!

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