[FEATURE] - remove additional files (from git submodules) while packaging the extension

[KevinBuchs]

• Extension version: 11.4.0
• VSCode version: 1.51.1
• OS version: Ubuntu 20.04

Steps to reproduce

1. Install extension
2. Find in the extension directory ~/.vscode/extensions/alefragnani.bookmarks-11.4.0 these subdirectories: vscode-bookmarks-core and vscode-whats-new. Each of these contain files named ".git". In the first one, that is all that is in the directory.
3. These files are messing up my application that backs up git working directories, because these look like they might be. I can't imagine what use these files are.

[alefragnani]

Hi @KevinBuchs ,

These .git files appears to be from the git submodules that the extension uses. It appears the tool used to build/package extensions (vsce) doesn’t support git submodules.

I’ll take a look if this could be added to the tool, or if the extension itself must ignore those files.

Thanks for reporting

[alefragnani]

The VS Code team already updated vsce to ignore git submodule related files. It will be available in upcoming November release.

Update the extension after that

[KevinBuchs]

OK, thanks! Kevin Buchs, Senior Engineer, New Context Services <https://newcontext.com> kevin.buchs@newcontext.com 507-251-7463 St. Cloud, MN

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[alefragnani]

Tested with vice 1.83 and it works.

Closing as there is nothing to do. The next publishing will work as expected