VSCODE VERSION MANAGER

Any vscode on any *nix

Table of content

• Intro
• About
  • Short story
• Installing
  • Uninstalling
• Usage
  • Downloading & Installing packages
  • Version info
  • Misc

Intro

codevm allows for quick downloading and installing any version of vscode via the command line.

Example:

# List available versions
$   codevm list
1.67.0 - insiders
1.66.0
1.65.0
[...]

# Get the latest stable release
$   codevm download stable
VsCode stable downloaded

# Get and install the insiders version
$   codevm install insider
VsCode insiders installed

Simple and intuitive!

About

codevm - a version manager for vscode, works on any POSIX-compliant shell like bash, zsh or fish.

Short story about the origins of this project

I was furious when realized that the distribution of linux, which I was using at the time, did not include a proper vscode package in their package manager repository. And then I thought to myself: "Wouldn't it be nice, if I could have ** any version ** of vscode at my call?" - the idea was born.

Installing

Currently, cloning git repo is the only way to go

git clone https://github.com/Adamocho/codevm.git ~/.cache/codevm

Check whether ~/.cache/codevm.sh is executable, and if not - change it

[sudo] chmod +x ~/.cache/codevm.sh

Now, add it to path

~/.cache/codevm.sh add

From now on, the codevm command will be available for every user

Uninstalling

Delete the script from your path

codevm remove

Remove the codevm folder from your .cache directory

rm -r ~/.cache/codevm

Usage

This section describes a basic usage of this script

Downloading / Installing vscode

For downloading, use: download | -d

codevm download <stable/insider/specific_version>

For installing, use: install | -i

codevm install <stable/insider/specific_version>

Versions info

See the docs in your browser with docs

codevm docs

See the current version website with summary

codevm summary

Update versions list with fetch

then

Inspect it with list

codevm fetch
# Then
codevm list

Miscellaneous

-h for help

-v for version