workspace issues

[bartr]

• when the workspace file is in the repo, VS Code "rewrites" it occasionally which breaks the functionality

• Ideally, we would open the workspace file when the codespace is created

  • we've tried a couple of approaches that haven't worked

• current work around is to copy the workspace file to ../akdc

• use the file - open workspace menu to open the workspace

[JasonTheDeveloper]

when the workspace file is in the repo, VS Code "rewrites" it occasionally which breaks the functionality

Had a look into this. Could not replicate the issue where the workspace file was being overwritten. I suspect the issue might have been because we had installed the extension Always Open Workspace which we thought, as the name or suggest, open workspace when VSCode launches. Turns out it automatically add folder to the current workspace when a file is opened. This could have been the reason why we were seeing the workspace file changing.

Ideally, we would open the workspace file when the codespace is created

There's a couple GitHub issues around this but have since been closed with no actions (#64565, #625 and #3665). Someone did mention the extension Project Manager but haven't been able to get it to work as expected.

current work around is to copy the workspace file to ../akdc

There's an issue with this when running the devcontainer locally. I've since fixed this in PR #32.

use the file - open workspace menu to open the workspace

Unfortunately, this is our best option, for now. Maybe something we could raise CSE feedback on perhaps?

[JasonTheDeveloper]

I've created feedback on this here.