Eclipse Che doesn't check IDE preferences when initializing a project via a zip file

Describe the bug

While I was trying to create a workspace from a devfile that refers to a zip file for the project location, I observed that Eclipse Che does not respect the user IDE preference as specified in the “che-editor.yaml” file but instead defaults to “Che Theia” IDE.

Che version

next (development version)

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a devfile as such:

schemaVersion: 2.1.0
metadata:
  name: test
projects:
  - name: test
    zip:
      location: 'http://192.168.1.101:2020/test.zip'
components: []

1. Make sure the project in the zip file follows the following directory structure:

test.zip
    | .che
        | che-editor.yaml (Should contain appropriate IDE definition or an IDE plugin ID)
    | file1
    | file2

1. Generate a workspace through a factory URL:

https://192.168.1.120.nip.io#<path to your devfile>

1. Once the workspace is up and running, verify if the IDE being used is as per what was specified in the “che-editor.yaml” file.

Expected behavior

Eclipse Che should look for IDE definitions in the “che-editor.yaml” file no matter if the project is being cloned from git or being extracted from a zip file.

Relevant Docs:

https://www.eclipse.org/che/docs/stable/end-user-guide/selecting-an-ide/

Runtime

minikube

Screenshots

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Installation method

chectl/next

Environment

Windows

Eclipse Che Logs

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Additional context

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[l0rd]

@vatsal-uppal-1997 I think that @svor suggestion may solve your problem. That’s something that has been introduced last week. Anyway, in your comment the URL encoding is fine. I suspect that the Devfile you are pointing to is a version 1 Devfile that doesn’t work with VS Code:

https://192.168.1.136.nip.io/devfile-registry/devfiles/sample-project/devfile.yaml

@svor there are still a lot of version 1 devfiles. I have created a PR to removed them. What do you think?

[svor]

@svor there are still a lot of version 1 devfiles. https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-devfile-registry/pull/663. What do you think?

It’s very good cleanup of the devfile registry!