Build VS Code Extensions unminified

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Paul Maréchal edited this page Dec 10, 2021 · 1 revision

When packaging the extensions, Webpack is run in production mode to bundle and minify the extension's code. To avoid this:

Edit vscode/build/lib/extensions.js.
Find the place that invokes Webpack.

Comment out the mode: 'production' option passed to it.

At the time of writing, the modification looks like this:

const webpackConfig = Object.assign(Object.assign({}, require(webpackConfigPath))/* , { mode: 'production' } */);

Run the packaging scripts.