vscode-backup README

Features

Backup/Restore VSCode User Settings and Plugins

Download from Marketplace

Download : Link to Marketplace

Requirements

Visual Studio Code must be added to path for this plugin to work

How to add vscode to path:

On Windows and Linux the code command should be installed automatically. On macOS, it needs to be installed manually:

Launch VS Code. Now open the Command Palette (F1) and type shell command to find the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command. Restart your terminal.

Usage

~~The Extaintion runs every time vscode starts and runs vscode-backup.backup command by detault.~~

For a bug reported where the plugin replaces the backup before importing, we disabled the autorun for now. It'll be enabled later on.

Or can be accessed manually with the folowing commands:

vscode-backup.backup: Backs up user settings and installed plugins list in a zip file to the document folder.

vscode-backup.restore: Restores user settings and Installs all plugins listed in the backup file from the zip located in Documents folder.

vscode-backup.open-directory: Opens the Document folder in File Explorer to locate the vs_backup.zip file.

Known Issues

Failed to Install Extension

Some Extensions in visual studio marketplace has different package id than what they register in system after install. Sice this plugin doesn't copy any existing extension file from one system to anoteher for privacy and security reasons and install everything from marketplace in the new system, some extensions might fail to install in the newer system if they have different package id in the marketplace. e.g. ms-vscode.csharp has the id ms-dotnettools.csharp in the marketplace.

Workaround: Check the output log and install the failed to install extensions manually

open-directory command not working in Linux

Some may encounter this issue in Ubuntu. Though it's been tested in Ubuntu 18 and it works, some prior versions may fail to run this command. It's also tested in all Arch linux flavours and works. Since there're countless linux distros, it's impossible for us to test in every environmet. So if anybody encounters this issue in their linux distro please let us know.

Backup file got replaced

For a bug reported where the plugin replaces the backup before importing, we disabled the autorun for now. It'll be enabled later on.

Cehck Issue: #1 for details.

OS Support

Windows, macOS, Linux

Contributing

Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/DK013/vscdoe-backup.git

Build

Install Node-Modules: npm install

Build: npm run build

Release Notes

0.0.6

Multi-Pltform Backup/Restore
Backup package from one platform can be used to restore on another platform.

0.0.5

Linux Support Added
Some House Cleaning
*Check Known Issues for possible problems in different environment

0.0.4

macOS support added

0.0.3

New Zip Library for macOS Support
macOS tests started

0.0.2

Added Icons and Manifest for Marketplace

0.0.1

Initial release of vscode backup for Windows

Enjoy!