Run on Save - VSCode Extension

Configure shell commands and related file patterns, commands will be executed when matched files were saved.

Features

You can specify status bar messages which will show before and after commands executing, such that they will tell you what's happening and not distrub you much:

example

If you prefer running commands in vscode terminal, which keeps message colors and give more feedback details, change the runIn option to terminal.

terminal

If you need to run VS Code's commands change runIn option to vscode

Configuration

Name	Description
`runOnSave.statusMessageTimeout`	Specify the default timeout milliseconds after which the status bar message will hide, default value is `3000`, means 3 seconds.
`runOnSave.ignoreFilesBy`	Specifies it to ignore files that list in `.gitignore` or `.npmignore`. default value is empty list.
`runOnSave.shell`	Specify in which shell the commands are executed, defaults to the default vscode shell.
`runOnSave.defaultRunIn`	Specify default `commands[].runIn` for all the commands, it equals to `vscode` if not specified.
`runOnSave.onlyRunOnManualSave`	Whether to only run commands when a file is manually saved, defaults to `false`.
`runOnSave.commands`	Specify the array of commands to execute and related info, its child options as below.

Command Options

Name	Description
`commands[].match`	Specify a RegExp source to match file path. E.g.: `\\.scss$` can used to match scss files.
`commands[].notMatch`	Specify a RegExp source, the file that whole path match it will be excluded. E.g.: `[\\\\\\/]_[\\w-]+\\.scss$` can be used to exclude scss library files.
`commands[].globMatch`	Specify a glob expression, used to match the whole file path or the relative path that relative to current workspace directory. the matched files will be included. E.g.: `*/.scss` will match all scss files, `*.scss` will match all scss files directly in current workspace directory.
`commands[].command`	Specify the shell command to execute. You may include variable substitution like what to do in VSCode Tasks.
`commands[].commandBeforeSaving`	Same as `commands`, but runs it before saving action happens, and document is not saved yet.
`commands[].args`	Specify the command parameters, can be a string, array of string, or an object.
`commands[].forcePathSeparator`	Force path separator in variable substitution to be `/`, `\\`, default is not specified.
`commands[].async`	All the commands with `async: false` will run in a sequence, means run next after previous completed. Default value is `true`.
`commands[].runningStatusMessage`	Specify the status bar message when the shell command begin to run, supports variable substitution too. Only works when `runIn=backend`.
`commands[].finishStatusMessage`	Specify the status bar message after the shell command finished executing, also supports variable substitution. Only works when `runIn=backend`.
`commands[].statusMessageTimeout`	Specify the timeout milliseconds of current message, after which the status bar message will hide, default value is `3000`, means 3 seconds.
`commands[].terminalHideTimeout`	Sepcify the timeout in milliseconds after which the terminal for running current command will hide. Only works when `runIn=terminal`. If default value is `-1`, set it as a value `>=0` can make it work.
`commands[].workingDirectoryAsCWD`	Specify the vscode working directory as shell CWD (Current Working Directory). Only works when `runIn=backend`.
`commands[].clearOutput`	Clear the output channel before running current command. Default value is `false`.
`commands[].doNotDisturb`	By default, output tab would get focus after receiving non-zero exit codes. Set this option to `true` can prevent it. Only works when `runIn=backend`.
`commands[].runIn`	See list below. Default value is specified by `runOnSave.defaultRunIn`, or `vscode`.

backend: Run command silently and show messages in output channel, you can specify runningStatusMessage and finishStatusMessage to give you a little feekback. Choose this when you don't want to be disturbed.
terminal: Run command in vscode terminal, which keeps message colors. Choose this when you want to get feedback details.
vscode: Run vscode's command. Choose this if you want to execute vscode's own command or a command of a particular extension.

Sample Configuration

{
    "runOnSave.statusMessageTimeout": 3000,
    "runOnSave.commands": [
        {
            // Match scss files except names start with `_`.
            "match": ".*\\.scss$",
            "notMatch": "[\\\\\\/]_[^\\\\\\/]*\\.scss$",
            "command": "node-sass ${file} ${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.css",
            "runIn": "backend",
            "runningStatusMessage": "Compiling ${fileBasename}",
            "finishStatusMessage": "${fileBasename} compiled"
        },
        {
            // Match less files except names start with `_`.
            "globMatch": "**/[^_]*.less",
            "command": "node-sass ${file} ${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.css",
            "runIn": "terminal"
        },
        {
            "match": ".*\\.py$",
            "command": "python.runLinting",
            "runIn": "vscode"
        }
    ]
}

Variable Substitution

Can be used in command, runningStatusMessage, finishStatusMessage, globMatch.

Note that if forcePathSeparator specified, separators in these variables will be replaced.

Variable	Description
`${workspaceFolder}`	the path of the folder opened in VS Code.
`${workspaceFolderBasename}`	the name of the folder opened in VS Code without any slashes (/).
`${file}`	the path of current opened file.
`${fileBasename}`	the basename part of current opened file.
`${fileBasenameNoExtension}`	the basename part without extension of current opened file.
`${fileExtname}`	the extension part of current opened file.
`${fileRelative}`	the shorter relative file path part from current vscode working directory.
`${fileDirname}`	the dirname path part of current opened file.
`${fileDirnameBasename}`	the basename of dirname path part of current opened file.
`${fileDirnameRelative}`	the shorter relative dirname path part from current vscode working directory.
`${cwd}`	the task runner's current working directory on startup.
`${userHome}`	current user's system home directory.
`${lineNumber}`	number of active line in vscode editor.
`${selectedText}`	selected text in vscode editor.
`${execPath}`	absolute pathname of the vscode process.
`${defaultBuildTaskName}`	default build task name of current project.
`${pathSeparator}`	path seperator based on system.
`${env:envName}`	reference environment variable `envName`.
`${config:vsConfigName}`	reference vscode configuration name `vsConfigName`.
`${command:vsCommandName}`	execute vscode command `vsCommandName`, and reference returned result.

To better distinguish file path associated variables, assume you have opened a workspace located at /Users/UserName/ProjectName, and you are editing folderName/subFolderName/fileName.css inside of it, then:

Variable	Value
`${workspaceFolder}`	`/Users/UserName/ProjectName`
`${workspaceFolderBasename}`	`ProjectName`
`${file}`	`/Users/UserName/ProjectName/folderName/subFolderName/fileName.css`
`${fileBasename}`	`fileName.css`
`${fileBasenameNoExtension}`	`fileName`
`${fileExtname}`	`css`
`${fileRelative}`	`folderName/subFolderName/fileName.css`
`${fileDirname}`	`/Users/UserName/ProjectName/folderName/subFolderName`
`${fileDirnameBasename}`	`subFolderName`
`${fileDirnameRelative}`	`folderName/subFolderName`

Commands

The following commands are exposed in the command palette

Run On Save: Enable - to enable the extension
Run On Save: Disable - to disable the extension

References

This plugin inspired from these 2 plugins:

vscode-runonsave and vscode-save-and-run.

License

MIT

pucelle / vscode-run-on-save

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