code --list-extensions-json, --list-extensions-enabled, --list-extensions-disabled

[Yzrsah]

I want to quickly save my list of extensions so that I can resolve an issue.

It does not work because --list-extensions loses all status of Disabled / Enabled.

When I restore the extensions.list file, the VS Code installation gets blown up, because all disabled extensions are now enabled, startup is freezing, multiple versions of language extensions are now conflicting, etc.

It would be very helpful to work with extensions if we had:

• --list-extensions-json
• --list-extensions-enabled
• --list-extensions-disabled
• --install-extensions-json
• --install-extension-disabled

[sandy081]

I want to quickly save my list of extensions so that I can resolve an issue.

May I know the reason behind to save and what you are trying to do?

[Yzrsah]

@sandy081

• I have different extensions installed, like Sublime Babel and Babel JavaScript, but only one of them is enabled.

• I have different versions of extensions vs forked versions installed, like Prettier, Prettier-MyForkedVersion, but only one of them is enabled.

• I do not want to login or receive notices about certain services when we are not working on them, so they are currently disabled.

• Some extensions have a bug or performance issue, so they are disabled. I.e. Node.js REPL - this is a great extension, but it's disabled at the moment.

• You ask me to respond with needs more info to an issue like "Initializing JS/TS Language Features..." which requires me to test correctly with 'all extensions disabled' - but I cannot do that without spending the next hours of configuration / re-configuration

• Because in the process of checking + testing the setup, the Disabled list is lost every time

[sandy081]

I understand your set up but would like to know the feature request you are asking for? Can you please explain the new feature you need from VS Code and how would you like to use it?

[usernamehw]

Similar issue: #19083

[Yzrsah]

@sandy081 There's so much stuff going on with VSCode, many different issues can arise when working with extensions.

I spent the past 12 hours resolving problems in my VSCode setup, fixing, restarting, and filing issues.

I believe that I could reduce that amount of time spent if there was a way to get the list of Enabled/Disabled extensions.

[sandy081]

Sure I can provide that. But would like to know how that will solve your issue. Would be interested to know.

[vscodebot]

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[ackvf]

Not being able to restore previous set of enabled/disabled extensions after a session to resolve extension interference/wrong settings proven to be uncomfortable for me as well. I propose that there is a json list consisting of disabled extensions similar to .vscode/extensions.json that can be edited by hand, allowing to use comments to quickly toggle the states of batches of extensions.