Add ability to auto update Insiders build of extension
See original GitHub issueOthers have done this https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/15756#issuecomment-425287642
Updating label to code health
+ enhancement
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I.e. even if not exposed to end users, it would be good for in-house use. Much like out of band LS installs.
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Note: This is not for extension authors. That python file builds the extension. This is for users of the developer build of the extension, i.e. dog fooding. VSC doesn’t provide a pre-release channel of extensions, and that’s why we host our extension on a blob store, and users need to install it manually.
The benefit, is:
Either way, this would be great for in house developers.
UX (similar to out of band installs of LS):
FWIW, Don manually double-checked about the prompt. It worked as expected. I must have been prompted a while back and VS Code still remembered.