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Visual Studio Code extension for integration with the Open Build Service: it allows you to view existing packages and projects, check them out locally, build them and integrates into VSCode's source control.

NOTE: The extension is still in the Beta, thus exercise caution when using it in production.

Be sure to checkout the unveiling talk at SUSECON Digital 2020 (session id DEV-1287) and the presentation from the openSUSE + LibreOffice Virtual Conference 2020. Both presentations include a live demo in the second half.

You can bookmark projects from OBS so that they are directly accessible from within VSCode by clicking on the Bookmark a Project entry in the BOKMARKED PROJECTS view:

The interactive guide will prompt you for the name of the project and for the packages that should be bookmarked:

You can browse the bookmarked projects, packages and their files. Clicking on a file opens a read-only view of the file contents retrieved from the Open Build Service:

Packages (or whole projects) have to be checked locally out so that modifications can be send back to the Open Build Service. They can be checked out by clicking on the repo-clone icon on a Package or Project entry in the Bookmarked Projects view or on the icon the upper right if a file from a package is currently open:

Packages or Projects that are not bookmarked can be checked out by invoking the command "Check out the project" or "Check out the package" command:

The "Repositories" view shows the repositories of the project to which the currently opened file belongs to. Similarly the "Current Project" view shows the project to which the package belongs to:

New repositories can be added to a project by using clicking on the + in the bar of the "Repositories" view:

Each repository can be expanded by clicking on it which reveals the paths and architectures of the specific repository. Paths and architectures can be added or removed via the + and - icons that appear next to the respective entries in the tree view:

Repository paths can be modified in the same way, additionally the individual paths can be moved up and down:

Locally checked out packages are integrated into VSCode's source control and provide the basic features:

• the fringe indicates whether lines were changed
• clicking on the fringe opens a QuickDiff view
• individual changes or all changes in a file can be reverted by clicking on the "discard" icon
• clicking on a modified file in the Source control menu opens a full diff of the respective file
• the "Package History" view shows the past commits of the current package

The modifications can be committed to the Open Build Service via the source control input box. Optionally one can use the same input box to add an entry to the changelog:

If osc is available in $PATH, then the extension provides VSCode with tasks to build a locally checked out package:

Bookmarked packages can be branched into your home project from the context menu:

The branched package will be directly bookmarked and checked out to a desired location on your filesystem. Once you have applied your changes, you can submit the changes back via a submitrequest:

The extension provides two buttons in the Bookmarked Projects section if no accounts are saved:

The upper button launches an interactive wizard to import an account into the extension, the lower one imports accounts from your ~/.config/osc/oscrc or ~/.oscrc into the extension. The accounts are stored in your setings.json and can be modified via that file. For convenience, the extension provides the option to open settings.json at the correct position via an entry in the server's context menu:

For further details concerning the account settings, please refer to the Extension Settings section.

If your instance of the Open Build Service uses a custom SSL certificate that is not stored in Visual Studio Code's certificate storage, then you will have to add the CA certificate to extension. The most convenient way is via the interactive account import wizard, which can be launched via the command Add an existing account from the Open Build Service to the extension. It will check whether it can establish a secure connection and if not prompt you to either provide the CA certificate file yourself or it can automatically import it for you. Beware that in the later case, you must verify that the extension downloaded the correct certificate (it will present you with the fingerprint of the certificate during the import process).

You can query the current build status for all repositories and architectures as well as the build log via the commands Show the build status and Show the build log. These are available as stand alone commands or via the context menu of bookmarked packages:

The build status is presented as a virtual text document with an entry for each repository and each architecture containing the published binaries and information about these:

The individual repositories and architectures can be folded via the twistie in the gutter.

The build log of a package is fetched from the Open Build Service and shown as a read only document. You will first be queried for the repository and architecture for which you want to view the log, before it is displayed. In case the build is currently running, then the log will be updated live inside VSCode.

You need an account on an instance of the Open Build Service (e.g. https://build.opensuse.org/) to use this extension. If you don't have one, you can sign up for an account on https://build.opensuse.org/ here.

Your account(s) are stored in the settings.json as follows:

  "vscode-obs.accounts": [
    {
      "accountName": "Alias for this account",
      "apiUrl": "http:https://api.foo.com",
      "username": "myUserName",
      "realname": "YourRealName",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "serverCaCertificate": "Paste a custom cert.pem in here if required"
    },
    {
      // another account here
    }
  ]

The only mandatory settings are accountName, apiUrl and username. Note that the apiUrl is the url to the API of the Open Build Service instance, which is not the same as the url to the web UI. For example on OBS the web UI is accessible via build.opensuse.org, the API on the other hand via api.opensuse.org.

Adding a realname and email is required to be able to add changelog entries, but if you will not use that feature, then you needn't provide them. You can also add a custom certificate to an account in case the specific instance uses a certificate that is not in VSCode's certificate chain.

The extension will check on launch whether there are accounts in your ~/.config/osc/oscrc that have not been imported already. You can disable this check by setting this value to false.

Defines the log level that will be used. For most users error is a sensible default as it will keep the size of the logfiles small. When submitting bug reports, please set the loglevel to trace to receive a more complete log.

The extension will by default reject accounts that use http for communication. If your instance cannot use https, then you can set forceHttps to false to permit http connections. Caution: your account password will be transmitted in clear text then! Use this only for connections that are protected by other means as well (e.g. local only or a VPN).

Linux users have to install libsecret for storing the account passwords. The installation command will differ depending on your distribution:

• on openSUSE: sudo zypper in libsecret
• on Debian and Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libsecret-1-dev
• on Fedora, RHEL and CentOS: sudo dnf install libsecret
• on Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S libsecret

Next install the Open Build Service Connector from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace / the Extension menu.

Once the extension is installed, you need to configure your account(s). The extension will automatically prompt you to import any accounts from your ~/.config/osc/oscrc in case you are already using osc. Otherwise you can add your account either to your settings.json or by invoking the command Add an existing account from the Open Build Service to the extension which will guide you via an interactive wizard. Once setup, you can always modify the general account settings in your settings.json and change the account password via the command Set the password of a Build Service Account.

MacOSX and Windows users don't have to install anything, as node-keytar uses the operating system's secret storage.

The extension allows you to build checked out packages via osc. To use this feature, please install osc either using your distribution's package manager, from OBS or from the git repository.

• Repositories can only be created from existing distributions and not completely manually.

• Checking out projects currently results in all packages being checked out.

Please also be sure to checkout the issue tracker!

If you encounter a bug, please execute the command Open Error Reporting Page and include the information presented in the opened document.

• @hellcp for the icon used in the Activity Bar
• @hennevogel for improving the mini OBS test setup
• @adrianschroeter for help with OBS' API