microsoft / microsoft/vscode-makefile-tools
Allow preconfigure script to accept user input through stdin
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 242
- Forks
- 78
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Some projects (like Android) use an interactive command menu for configuration where you presented with a list of numbered configurations and you can select one.
It will be most useful to allow the preConfigureScript to accept user input, and save the need to create a specific preconfigure script for each option.
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 tracing how the preConfigureScript setting is launched and how its process input is handled. Check whether stdin can be forwarded to that process, then verify that an interactive command can receive selections without requiring separate scripts for each option; the issue names no files or tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100