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chore(tools): don't fail npm run new when VS Code CLI is missing - #3116
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`npm run new` writes the rule, test and docs files and then opens them with the VS Code CLI. When `code` is not on PATH - other editors, or VS Code installed without the shell command - the first `execSync` throws, the remaining files are never opened, and the script exits with a Node stack trace even though all three files were generated successfully. Print the paths of the generated files and ignore a failure to launch the editor, so the command always ends cleanly. Closes vuejs#2781
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Makes sense to me, thank you!
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Closes #2781
npm run new <rule name> <author name>writes the rule, test and docs files and then opens them with the VS Code CLI. Whencodeis not onPATH— the contributor uses another editor, or VS Code is installed without the shell command — the firstexecSyncthrows:All three files are generated successfully at that point, but:
execSyncthrows;This is the first command a new contributor runs from the developer guide, so it is worth failing softly.
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try/catchand ignore the failure — the files are already on disk, there is nothing to recover from.Verification
Without
codeonPATH:With
codeonPATHthe three files are still opened as before.No changeset:
tools/is not part of the published package ("files": ["dist"]), same as #3049