VS Code Insiders Updater for Linux

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VS Code Insiders Updater for Linux

This script will download and replace ~/Applications/VSCode-linux-x64 with the latest VS Code Insiders.

Install

1. Install jq: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/
2. Place update-code somewhere in your PATH

update-code

#!/usr/bin/env bash

APPLICATIONS_PATH="$HOME/Applications"
CODE_PATH="$APPLICATIONS_PATH/VSCode-linux-x64"
PRODUCT_JSON="$CODE_PATH/resources/app/product.json"
[ -f $PRODUCT_JSON ] && VERSION=$(cat $PRODUCT_JSON | jq -r '.commit') || VERSION="latest"
UPDATE_URL="https://update.code.visualstudio.com/api/update/linux-x64/insider/$VERSION"

echo "Fetching $UPDATE_URL..."
UPDATE_RESPONSE_FILE=$(mktemp)
UPDATE_RESPONSE_CODE=$(curl --silent --output $UPDATE_RESPONSE_FILE --write-out "%{http_code}" $UPDATE_URL)

if [ $UPDATE_RESPONSE_CODE -ne 200 ]; then
	echo "Got $UPDATE_RESPONSE_CODE from server, update not available"
	exit 0
fi

UPDATE_RESPONSE=$(cat $UPDATE_RESPONSE_FILE)
rm $UPDATE_RESPONSE_FILE

AVAILABLE_PRODUCT_VERSION=$(echo $UPDATE_RESPONSE | jq -r '.productVersion')
HASH=$(echo $UPDATE_RESPONSE | jq -r '.sha256hash')
DOWNLOAD_URL=$(echo $UPDATE_RESPONSE | jq -r '.url')

echo "Found update: $AVAILABLE_PRODUCT_VERSION"
echo "Downloading $DOWNLOAD_URL..."
DOWNLOAD_PATH=$(mktemp)
curl $DOWNLOAD_URL --output $DOWNLOAD_PATH

echo "Downloaded to $DOWNLOAD_PATH"
echo -n "Hash check: "
echo "$HASH  $DOWNLOAD_PATH" | sha256sum -c

echo "Removing old version..."
rm -rf $CODE_PATH

echo "Extracting to $CODE_PATH..."
mkdir -p $CODE_PATH
tar xzf $DOWNLOAD_PATH -C $APPLICATIONS_PATH
rm $DOWNLOAD_PATH

It's better to allow customize destination directory of vscode by changing https://gist.github.com/joaomoreno/7d3926e67e91317cd9d053c2c3956ddc#file-update-code-L39

tar xzf $DOWNLOAD_PATH -C $CODE_PATH --strip 1

So it will extract update to appropriate dir set in CODE_PATH

Simplified script for stable version: https://gist.github.com/SkeLLLa/8709e1bd57c53668c8b901829368a67c

It looks to me like UPDATE_URL should look like UPDATE_URL="https://update.code.visualstudio.com/api/update/linux-x64/insider/$VERSION", since I got a 301 with it like it is in the gist currently.

EDIT: Just used the build number of a stable version to check and yes, it does work. Please update the script!

Fixed, thanks!

Any time!

How do i install it and apply this to code-insiders ..... i use garuda linux ...kinda new to linux actually......i'm trying to install code-insiders on linux with its tar.gz file....kinda stuck , please help

Forked and working for portable VSCode Insiders on Windows (update with zip): https://gist.github.com/henry701/79a872003e3a399c230f4001518d49f0#file-readme-md

This does not work