👌 VScode action to release a plugin

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General

This Action tries to release a VScode plugin via the vsce tool.

Make sure to pass a PUBLISHER_TOKEN an explanation on how to register a token can be found here.

You have to create an Azure DevOps organization to publish a VScode extension.

Steps	Picture
1. Create an account or sign in into your existing account by going to here
2. Go to dev azure portal and create a new organization by clicking `New Organizaion`
3. Click on your profile picture and on the menu item `Security`
4. Create a new token and make sure you have selected `All accessible organizations` and `Custom defined` permissions to allow manage the marketplace
5. Make sure that you have defined the following information in the package.json

    // package.json
    {
    "name": "your extension name", // ⚠️ make sure to use a unique name
    "displayName": "testExtension",
    "description": "",
    "version": "0.0.1", // ⚠️ you can not release a package twice with the same version
    "repository": "https://github.com/JCofman/vscodeaction",
    "publisher": "YOUR_PUBLISHER_NAME", // ⚠️ be aware that the publisher field must match the logged in vsce publisher...
    }

🔑 Secrets

PUBLISHER_TOKEN - Required to publish a release to vscode Marketplace

💻 Examples

Trigger a release

on: push
name: 'Release Vscode Plugin'
jobs:
  npmInstall:
    name: npm install
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - name: npm install
        uses: actions/npm@master
        with:
          args: install --unsafe-perm
      - name: Master
        uses: actions/bin/filter@master
        with:
          args: branch master
      - name: Vscode release plugin
        uses: JCofman/vscodeaction@master
        env:
          PUBLISHER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PUBLISHER_TOKEN }}
        with:
          args: publish -p $PUBLISHER_TOKEN