[vscode] API evolution (public and proposed) and menu declarations between 1.95 and 1.96 - WIP

[rschnekenbu]

Sources

• commit ref for tags

  • 1.95.1: 65edc49
  • 1.96.0-master: 3920366

• command used

  • git difftool -d 65edc49..3920366 -- src/vscode-dts/ on vscode repo
  • command: git submodule foreach "grep -irn enabledApiProposals --include=package.json | cut -d ':' -f 1 | xargs jq --raw-output '{filename: input_filename, enabledApiProposals: .enabledApiProposals}'" > ./vscode-builtins-enabled-proposals-1.96.0-master.txt on vscode-builtin-extensions repo, on commit 3920366
  • git difftool -d 65edc49..3920366 -- src/vs/workbench/services/actions/common/menusExtensionPoint.ts on vscode repo

Evaluation

vscode.d.ts

• IconPath as a new type, reused in various places (e.g. QuickPickItem, WorkspaceEditEntryMetadata, TreeItem, TerminalOptions, ExtensionTerminalOption, QuickInputButton, ChatParticipant, ChatResponseStream, ChatResponseReferencePart)
• CodeActionProvider#provideCodeActions() signature as changed from (Command | T)[] to Array<Command | T>
• ShelExecution constructor signature from args: (string | ShellQuotedString)[] to args: Array<string | ShellQuotedString>
• TestRunProfile loadDetailedCoverageForTest() addition, with FileCoverage#includesTests property
• LanguageModelChatMessage constructor & content from XX[] to Array + static utilities
• LanguageModelToolResultPart content from XX[] to Array
• LanguageModelToolResult content from XX[] to Array
• PreparedToolInvocation invocationMessage now supports also MarkdownString
• some comments

Proposed API evolutions

• vscode.proposed.aiTextSearchProvider.d.ts: updated API, not used in builtins
• vscode.proposed.aiTextSearchProviderNew.d.ts: removed, not used in builtins
• vscode.proposed.attributableCoverage.d.ts: removed as now public API
• vscode.proposed.chatEditing.d.ts: new, not used in builtins
• vscode.proposed.chatParticipantAdditions.d.ts: updated, not used in builtins
• vscode.proposed.chatProvider.d.ts: updated, not used in builtins
• vscode.proposed.contribIssueReporter.d.ts: removed as public API, new menu
• vscode.proposed.documentPaste.d.ts: updated, used in Typescript, Markdown, & CSS. Added static value Text in DocumentDropOrPasteEditKind. See [vscode] documentPaste proposed API evolution with VS Code 1.96 #14603
• vscode.proposed.fileSearchProvider2.d.ts: renamed from fileSearchProviderNew existing, not used in builtins
• vscode.proposed.fileSearchProviderNew.d.ts: deleted (as renamed as fileSearchProvider2
• vscode.proposed.findFiles2.d.ts: updated, only used in test builtins
• vscode.proposed.findFiles2New.d.ts: deleted
• vscode.proposed.findTextInFiles2, renamed from vscode.proposed.findTextInFileNew
• vscode.proposed.inlineEdit.d.ts: updated, not used in builtins
• vscode.proposed.lmTools.d.ts: deleted (empty)
• vscode.proposed.mappedEditsProvider.d.ts: updated, used by Typescript - Only Array<> rather than []. Can be done with [vscode] some signature changes from [] to Array<>  #14580
• vscode.proposed.nativeWindowHandle.d.ts: new, used in microsoft-authentication builtin. Can be ignored for now (see https://github.com/eclipse-theia/vscode-builtin-extensions/blob/6b561aeb7e629a6255f8f7b92e892949e4c0013c/src/package-vsix.js#L46)
• vscode.proposed.notebookCellExecution.d.ts: updated, not used in builtins
• vscode.proposed.quickDiffProvider.d.ts: updated, used in Git, added visible optional property. Proposed interface not yet implemented, will be ignored for now.
• vscode.proposed.terminalCompletionProvider.d.ts: new: used in terminal-suggest. See stub task [vscode] Stub new terminalCompletionProvider proposed API with 1.96 #14604
• vscode.proposed.textEditorDiffInformation.d.ts: new, used in Git, added a set of new types. Probably stub or ignore it in first place.
• vscode.proposed.textSearchComplete2.d.ts: renamed from vscode.proposed.textSearchCompleteNew.d.ts, not used in builtins
• vscode.proposed.textSearchProvider2.d.ts, renamed from vscode.proposed.textSearchProviderNew.d.ts, not used in builtins
• vscode.proposed.valueSelectionInQuickPick.d.ts: new, not used in builtins

Menu evolutions

• The menu 'issue/reporter' switched from proposed to public.