microsoft / microsoft/vscode-makefile-tools
Ability to select more than one target
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- TypeScript
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Description
For build targets, many repositories would require to invoke make with more than one target (when for example "all" is not wanted).
It would help to have a UI with multiple selection instead of the current quickPick.
Current workaround is to use "makefile.configurations[].makeArgs" to hook up any combination of targets.
Another workaround is to alter the makefile to define an intermediary target containing the desired combination and selecting that target from the quickPick.
For launch, this may very well serve as a testing framework for running suites of regression tests, as long as they are defined as build targets and run targets in the makefile.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the current quickPick flow for build and launch targets, then review how makefile.configurations[].makeArgs is used as the existing workaround. Define done as allowing multiple targets to be selected for build and launch without requiring configuration or Makefile changes; the issue does not name specific files or tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- build-system, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100