Vscode: Watch task should execute automatically on workspace open

Created on 19 Jan 2016 · 3Comments · Source: microsoft/vscode

In the tasks.json configuration file, you can specify a task to be defined as a watch task by stating isWatching: true. I don't believe I see any benefit to explicitly stating that a task is a watch task.

What I believe would be useful is if the watch task defined in tasks.json is actually started automatically by VS Code upon opening the workspace.

From what I can tell, currently you need to explicitly start your watch task task <watch-task-name>.

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trstringer

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This is an extremely important feature which shall be implemented as soon as possible.

I'd be careful about security concerns, though: On the first launch of a specific project, VS Code should ask if the user wants to enable automatic watching, and warn for potential security issues.

kripod on 28 Mar 2016

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This is an extremely important feature which shall be implemented as soon as possible.

I'd be careful about security concerns, though: On the first launch of a specific project, VS Code should ask if the user wants to enable automatic watching, and warn for potential security issues.

kripod on 28 Mar 2016

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Duplicate of #17147