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fix(installer): warn that copilot-vscode global installs need an open folder

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VS Code refuses to start a user-level MCP server whose entry uses
${workspaceFolder} in a window with no folder open, surfacing only a
cryptic "Variable workspaceFolder can not be resolved" toast (hit live
during validation). Global installs now note this up front.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Colby McHenry
2026-07-23 21:23:35 -05:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5
parent 234dfe60cd
commit 73313213e1
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__tests__/installer-targets.test.ts
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@@ -2095,6 +2095,16 @@ describe('Installer targets — Copilot family', () => {
expect(result.notes?.join(' ')).toMatch(/[Rr]estart VS Code/);
});
it('copilot-vscode: global install warns that ${workspaceFolder} needs an open folder; local does not', () => {
const t = getTarget('copilot-vscode')!;
// VS Code refuses to start a user-level server whose entry uses
// ${workspaceFolder} when no folder is open — surface that up front.
const globalNotes = t.install('global', { autoAllow: true }).notes?.join(' ');
expect(globalNotes).toMatch(/open a folder/i);
const localNotes = t.install('local', { autoAllow: true }).notes?.join(' ');
expect(localNotes).not.toMatch(/open a folder/i);
});
// ---- copilot-cli ----
it('copilot-cli: global install writes ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json with the documented entry shape (tools: ["*"])', () => {