PUBLISHING.md

Publishing Process

Making changes

Create a branch, make changes in the branch.

Update package.json as needed. Update the version number manually and consider updating any dependencies.

Use npm audit to check for security vulnerabilies and npm audit fix to fix them, then test.

Update README.md and CHANGELOG.md as needed.

Commit the branch and open a PR for review.

Review the code and when approved, merge to master.

Build with VSCE

Minor revision:

vsce package

Release in Github

In Github, go to Releases tab. Create a new release.

Click "Draft a new release".

Specify the version tag for both "Tag version" and "Release title" like: v1.0.4

Copy CHANGELOG.md details into the text area for "Describe this release."

Drag the .vsix file outputted from vsce package into the "Attach binaries" area in the Github release.

Click Publish release button.

Release to VS Code Marketplace.

Use same version number that you used in the vsce package step.

vsce publish 1.x.x

Package and publish to VS Code Marketplace.