VS Code v1.45.1

Bug Fixes

• Hopefully this one fixes autoupdates from 3.2.0 once and for all.

  • We're now publishing duplicate releases without the v prefix so that auto updates from 3.2.0 work. See 404 when code-server is downloading a newer release #1746 and Release nomenclature inconsistency #1758 for background.
  • Note there is no auto updating in any of the recent releases including this one.

• The config file's extension-dir and data-dir parameters are now properly obeyed user-data-dir, extensions-dir in config file still doesn't work #1750

  • This was supposed to be fixed in the last release but because of a subtle bug it turned out it was printing the correct directories but not actually using them.
  • It should now use extension-dir and data-dir as set in the config file

• We do not bundle any dynamic libraries in releases anymore issues including libstdc++ (or how to get eaten by a grue) #1738

  • It was causing bizarre issues for users and we couldn't make it work perfectly.
  • On Linux we now compile on CentOS 7 so that the minimum glibc version is v2.17 and glibcxx is v3.4.18
  • On macOS we now pull in a fully static release of node.

• Using the deprecated root code-server symlink now warns on usage that it will be removed in the next few weeks.

  • The entry script now also handles recursive symlinks correctly.

• globalStorageHome is now created on startup Code server missing globalStorage folder #1693 so that extensions that rely on it being there should work now