feedback: easier login path for Positron

[SamEdwardes]

Version

Code - OSS Version: 1.92.0

Areas for Improvement

• [ ] UI/UX
• [X] Onboarding
• [ ] Docs
• [ ] Chat
• [ ] Commands
• [ ] Context
• [ ] Response Quality
• [ ] Other

What needs to be improved? Please describe how this affects the user experience and include a screenshot.

I am using Positron, which as an IDE built off a VS Code fork (https://github.com/posit-dev/positron). The sign in process is a bit tricky:

• Signing with GitHub does not work because users get redirected to VS Code.
• Signing in with "Enterprise Instance" does work, but it is not intuitive.
  • Click "Sign In to Your Enterprise Instance"
  • "Sign in with URL and access token"
  • Use https://sourcegraph.com as the URL
  • Enter your access token

Describe the solution you'd like to see

Option 1

• Support for logging in via GitHub

Option 2

• When I am using VS Code on a server, the login experience is a bit better, I get this menu of options:

• I would be helpful to have a similar experience on VS Code forks.

Describe any alternatives that could be considered

No response

Additional context

Positron info:

Positron Version: 2024.09.0 (Universal) build 27
Code - OSS Version: 1.92.0
Commit: d996153f3be6bcc9af460300e61103425323b973
Date: 2024-09-11T02:38:46.408Z (5 days ago)
Electron: 30.1.2
Chromium: 124.0.6367.243
Node.js: 20.14.0
V8: 12.4.254.20-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.5.0

Note this is similar to issue https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/issues/4708 I previously raised.

[GitHunter0]

I cannot authorize Cody in Positron IDE because the link automatically opens VScode, not Positron.

Is there a workaround?

[SamEdwardes]

I was able to get it working on Positron with these instructions:

Signing in with "Enterprise Instance" does work, but it is not intuitive. Click "Sign In to Your Enterprise Instance" "Sign in with URL and access token" Use https://sourcegraph.com as the URL Enter your access token

[GitHunter0]

Thank you @SamEdwardes , I believe it worked here