Nix4Vscode

A tool generate nix expression from config.toml. Let's guess we have a config.toml like this:

vscode_version = "1.81.1"

[[extensions]]
publisher_name = "eamodio"
extension_name = "gitlens"

[[extensions]]
publisher_name = "vscodevim"
extension_name = "vim"

then run cargo run -- config.toml , the a nix expression will be print to stdout just like this:

{ pkgs, lib }:

let
  vscode-utils = pkgs.vscode-utils;
in
{
  eamodio.gitlens = vscode-utils.extensionFromVscodeMarketplace {
    name = "gitlens";
    publisher = "eamodio";
    version = "2023.9.905";
    sha256 = "1mzyc3sinkg4zmbyh2a85iqdqa7wsnh99hqvk6f8m2jcfhpfrwyb";
  };
  vscodevim.vim = vscode-utils.extensionFromVscodeMarketplace {
    name = "vim";
    publisher = "vscodevim";
    version = "1.26.0";
    sha256 = "0hxb58ygjbqk6qmkp1r421zzib2r1vmz7agbi7bcmjxjpr3grw2w";
  };
}

Let's guess you store those contents in a file named pkgs.nix, then you can use it by:

{ pkgs, lib }:
let
  plugins = (import ./vscode_plugins.nix) { pkgs = pkgs; lib = lib; };
in
with pkgs;
{
  enableExtensionUpdateCheck = false;
  enableUpdateCheck = false;
  extensions = with vscode-marketplace;[
    plugins.vscodevim.vim
  ]
  ;
}

Redirect asset_url

For some extensions (such as codelldb), there is only a downloader in vscode markplace, and the real location of the extension is on github. At this time, asset_url is allowed to be redirected:

vscode_version = "1.81.1"

[[extensions]]
publisher_name = "vadimcn"
extension_name = "vscode-lldb"
asset_url = '''
https://github.com/vadimcn/codelldb/releases/download/v{{ extension.version }}/codelldb-{{ system.arch }}-{{ system.ostype }}.vsix
'''

asset_url is a jinja template string.