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Support virtual workspaces

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Description

👋 Hi there, Martin here, from the VS Code team.

Recently we've announced the [Remote Repository feature](https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_56#_remote-repositories-remotehub) that lets you browse and edit files and folders directly on GitHub.

`Open Remote Repository...` opens VSCode on a folder or workspace located on a virtual file system. We call this a **virtual workspace**. We observed that not all extension support this well, either because they can not, or they haven't thought about it.

It would be fantastic if you could test whether your extension can handle virtual workspaces:

Check out the [Virtual Workspaces Extension Author Guide](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Virtual-Workspaces) on how to do that.

When done, set the new `virtualWorkspaces` capability in your 'package.json'.

```
{
"capabilities": {
"virtualWorkspaces": true | false
}
}
```

- Use `"virtualWorkspaces": true` if your extension is prepared for virtual workspaces
- Use `"virtualWorkspaces": false` if your extension should be disabled when a virtual workspace is opened

For questions and comments please use the [Virtual Workspaces Tracking Issue](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/123115).

Thanks for the support and the great work! ❤️

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Read the linked Virtual Workspaces Extension Author Guide, then test whether the extension works when the repository is opened through a virtual workspace. Update the extension's package.json with the appropriate virtualWorkspaces capability; done means the extension's support or intentional disablement is declared.

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Assessment

Tech stack
vscode
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
50/100

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