diff --git a/.vscodeignore b/.vscodeignore
index 2a543a87..a60f4f73 100644
--- a/.vscodeignore
+++ b/.vscodeignore
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 .appveyor.yml
+.git/**/*
+.github/**/*
+.gitignore
+.prettierrc
 .travis.yml
-.github
-src/**
+.vscode/**/*
+*.vsix
 **/*.map
-out/test/**
-out/repo_scripts
-resources/src
+appveyor.yml
+out/repo_scripts/**/*
+out/test/**/*
+out/tests/**/*
 package-lock.json
+resources/src/**/*
+src/**/*
+tsconfig.base.json
 tsconfig.json
-.vscode/**
-.gitignore
+tslint.json
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0f6b50f5..62ff6f42 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
   "name": "vscode-catch2-test-adapter",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@sinonjs/commons": {
-      "version": "1.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sinonjs/commons/-/commons-1.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-WR3dlgqJP4QNrLC4iXN/5/2WaLQQ0VijOOkmflqFGVJ6wLEpbSjo7c0ZeGIdtY8Crk7xBBp87sM6+Mkerz7alw==",
+      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sinonjs/commons/-/commons-1.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-j4ZwhaHmwsCb4DlDOIWnI5YyKDNMoNThsmwEpfHx6a1EpsGZ9qYLxP++LMlmBRjtGptGHFsGItJ768snllFWpA==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "type-detect": "4.0.8"
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "@types/chai": {
-      "version": "4.1.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/chai/-/chai-4.1.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-CBk7KTZt3FhPsEkYioG6kuCIpWISw+YI8o+3op4+NXwTpvAPxE1ES8+PY8zfaK2L98b1z5oq03UHa4VYpeUxnw==",
+      "version": "4.1.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/chai/-/chai-4.1.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2Y8uPt0/jwjhQ6EiluT0XCri1Dbplr0ZxfFXUz+ye13gaqE8u5gL5ppao1JrUYr9cIip5S6MvQzBS7Kke7U9VA==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "@types/deep-equal": {
@@ -717,9 +717,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-g8YK/Fi5xWmXAH7Rp2izqzA6RP4="
     },
     "fs-extra": {
-      "version": "7.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-7.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-EglNDLRpmaTWiD/qraZn6HREAEAHJcJOmxNEYwq6xeMKnVMAy3GUcFB+wXt2C6k4CNvB/mP1y/U3dzvKKj5OtQ==",
+      "version": "7.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-7.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YJDaCJZEnBmcbw13fvdAM9AwNOJwOzrE4pqMqBq5nFiEqXUqHwlK4B+3pUw6JNvfSPtX05xFHtYy/1ni01eGCw==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "graceful-fs": "^4.1.2",
@@ -2001,12 +2001,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-RS9R6R35NYgQn++fkDWaOmqGoj4Ek9gGs+DPxNUZKuwE183xjJroKvyo1IzVFeXvUrvmALy6FWD5xrdJT25gMg=="
     },
     "sinon": {
-      "version": "7.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sinon/-/sinon-7.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ffASxced8xr8eU0EGyfj9K++bRCtv/NyOFOxl7UBD86YH97oZjVxvecMhObwRlXe27GRUa6rVFEn67khPZ29rQ==",
+      "version": "7.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sinon/-/sinon-7.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-iYagtjLVt1vN3zZY7D8oH7dkjNJEjLjyuzy8daX5+3bbQl8gaohrheB9VfH1O3L6LKuue5WTJvFluHiuZ9y3nQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "@sinonjs/commons": "^1.0.2",
+        "@sinonjs/commons": "^1.2.0",
         "@sinonjs/formatio": "^3.0.0",
         "@sinonjs/samsam": "^2.1.2",
         "diff": "^3.5.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d8e465d6..3c2696c6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "xml2js": "^0.4.19"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/chai": "^4.1.6",
+    "@types/chai": "^4.1.7",
     "@types/deep-equal": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^5.0.4",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.5",
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@
     "@types/sinon": "^5.0.5",
     "@types/xml2js": "^0.4.3",
     "deep-equal": "^1.0.1",
-    "fs-extra": "^7.0.0",
+    "fs-extra": "^7.0.1",
     "request-promise": "4.2.2",
-    "sinon": "^7.1.0",
-    "vsce": "^1.52.0"
+    "sinon": "^7.1.1",
+    "vsce": "^1.53.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "vscode": "^1.23.0"
diff --git a/src/repo_scripts/deploy.ts b/src/repo_scripts/deploy.ts
index 6bb382e2..e3e387f4 100644
--- a/src/repo_scripts/deploy.ts
+++ b/src/repo_scripts/deploy.ts
@@ -47,10 +47,14 @@ function main(argv: string[]): Promise<void> {
   console.log('deploying');
   // pre-checks
   assert.strictEqual(path.basename(process.cwd()), githubRepoId);
-  assert.ok(process.env['TRAVIS_BRANCH'] != undefined);
   assert.ok(process.env['GITHUB_API_KEY'] != undefined);
   assert.ok(process.env['VSCE_PAT'] != undefined);
 
+  if (!process.env['TRAVIS_BRANCH']) {
+    console.log('not a branch, skipping deployment');
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return updateChangelog().then((info: Info|undefined) => {
     if (info != undefined) {
       return Promise.resolve(info!)
@@ -153,13 +157,12 @@ function updatePackageJson(info: Info) {
 }
 
 function gitCommitAndTag(info: Info) {
-  console.log('Creating commit and signed tag');
+  console.log('Creating commit and tag');
 
   return Promise.resolve()
       .then(() => {
-        assert.ok(process.env['TRAVIS_BRANCH'] != undefined);
-        const branch = process.env['TRAVIS_BRANCH']!;
-        return spawn('git', 'checkout', branch);
+        assert.ok(process.env['TRAVIS_BRANCH']);
+        return spawn('git', 'checkout', process.env['TRAVIS_BRANCH']!);
       })
       .then(() => {
         return spawn(
@@ -182,12 +185,9 @@ function gitCommitAndTag(info: Info) {
         return spawn('git', 'status');
       })
       .then(() => {
-        // [skip travis-ci]: because we dont want to build the new commit it
-        // again
         return spawn(
             'git', 'commit', '-m',
-            '[Updated] Release info in CHANGELOG.md: ' + info.full!, '-m',
-            '[skip travis-ci]');
+            '[Updated] Release info in CHANGELOG.md: ' + info.full!);
       })
       .then(() => {
         return spawn(