posit-dev / posit-dev/shiny-vscode
Support file change watching other than in app.py location
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- TypeScript
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Description
The shiny command line arg --reload-dir allows the user to specify additional directories to watch for file changes.
It would be great if this is a setting in the extension, so that the run button in vscode could make use of it.
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Research direction
Start by locating the VS Code run button implementation and the existing handling of the Shiny --reload-dir argument. Trace how run-button settings are passed to the Shiny command, then verify that configured additional directories are watched when the app is launched from VS Code.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- cli, developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100