Linux: ./build/build.sh
MacOS: ./build/build.sh
Windows: powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File .\build\build.ps1 or "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe" ./build/build.sh

Insider

The insider version can be built with ./build/build.sh -i on the insider branch.

You can try the latest version with the command ./build/build.sh -il but the patches might not be up to date.

Flags

The script build/build.sh provides several flags:

-i: build the Insiders version
-l: build with latest version of Visual Studio Code
-o: skip the build step
-p: generate the packages/assets/installers
-s: do not retrieve the source code of Visual Studio Code, it won't delete the existing build

Build Snap

# for the stable version
cd ./stores/snapcraft/stable

# for the insider version
cd ./stores/snapcraft/insider

# create the snap
snapcraft --use-lxd

# verify the snap
review-tools.snap-review --allow-classic codium*.snap

Patch Update Process

Semi-Automated

run ./build/build_<os>.sh, if a patch is failing then,
run ./build/update_patches.sh
when the script pauses at Press any key when the conflict have been resolved..., open vscode directory in VSCodium
fix all the *.rej files
run yarn watch
run ./script/code.sh until everything is ok
press any key to continue the script update_patches.sh

Manual

run ./build/build_<os>.sh, if a patch is failing then,
open vscode directory in VSCodium
revert all changes
run git apply --reject ../patches/<name>.patch
fix all the *.rej files
run yarn watch
run ./script/code.sh until everything is ok
run git diff > ../patches/<name>.patch

icons/build_icons.sh

To run icons/build_icons.sh, you will need:

imagemagick
png2icns (npm install png2icns -g)
librsvg

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