freeCodeCamp/docs/courses-vscode-extension.md

Courses VSCode Extension

This details the maintenance guidelines for the freeCodeCamp/courses-vscode-extension repository which contains the source code for the freeCodeCamp - Courses extension.

Publishing the Extension

A GitHub Action automagically publishes the extension to the Visual Studio Marketplace, on pushes to the prod branch.

Ensure the main branch is checked out.

git checkout main

Update the local repository with upstream, and reset main.

git fetch upstream
git reset --hard upstream/main

Checkout the prod branch.

git checkout prod

Merge the commits wanted for deployment into prod.

git merge main

Push the local branch to upstream.

git push upstream

Note

Pushing to upstream requires write access to the freeCodeCamp/courses-vscode-extension repository.

Manually Publishing the Extension

A manual upload to the Visual Studio Marketplace can be achieved, by following these steps:

1. Visit https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/ and sign in
2. Navigate to the freeCodeCamp Publisher page
3. Select the relevant extension, and select Update
4. Upload the file from your local files