macOS: allow to specify Visual Studio Code as generic "open with" application in finder

[Offirmo]

This is an intentional re-open of #99473 (which I can’t reopen or comment on)

First thanks for the amazing, fast, versatile VSCode!

On macos (last version Ventura fully up to date), while it’s possible to re-assign a file extension to be opened by VSCode (as outlined in the previous ticket), VSCode is not registered as a generic "open with" application in finder, which makes it inconvenient to open exotic text files: (here a .git/config)

As you can see in the screenshot above, when right-clicking on an extensionless file, a few apps are listed, but NOT VSCode.

As a generic editor, VSCode should be able to register as a "generic" app like the other do.

Another example: .editorconfig

It seems that iTerm managed to register as a "generic/joker" app. As a generic editor, VSCode should do the same.

[Offirmo]

I’ve asked the iterm devs (hopefully politely) how they did it https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/11088

[deepak1556]

Feel free to send a PR if you find out how to achieve this feature, thanks!

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[emartinez06]

Feel free to send a PR if you find out how to achieve this feature, thanks!

In this file, more file types can be added as for the examples provided above.

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/main/build/lib/electron.ts

After build, that should generate the Info.plist file and that should allow to use VSCode for more file types.

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