vscvm

A VSCode version manager.

Install

Install vsc via pip:

pip install vscvm

Add the following to your .bashrc file:

export PATH=$HOME/.vscvm:$PATH
if [ ! -e "/tmp/vscvm_check_update" ]; then
  vscvm_check_update
fi

and that's it!

Disabling update checks

If you don't want an update check to run periodically, you only need to add this one line to your .bashrc:

export PATH=$HOME/.vscvm:$PATH

Usage

$ vsc list
v1.59 - July 2021
v1.58 - June 2021
v1.57 - May 2021
v1.56 - April 2021
v1.55 - March 2021

$ vsc install latest
Downloading v1.59 - July 2021...
Successfully installed v1.59!

$ code --version
1.59.0

Commands

• list:

  $ vsc list -n 3
  v1.59 - July 2021      [Active]
  v1.58 - June 2021      [Installed]
  v1.57 - May 2021
  

  $ vsc list --installed
  v1.59 - July 2021      [Active]
  v1.58 - June 2021      [Installed]
  

  $ vsc list --active
  v1.59 - July 2021      [Active]
  

• install:

  $ vsc install latest
  Downloading v1.59 - July 2021...
  

  $ vsc install v1.57
  Downloading v1.57 - May 2021...
  

  $ vsc install 1.42
  Downloading v1.42 - January 2020...
  

• uninstall:

  $ vsc list --active
  v1.59 - July 2021      [Active]
  $ vsc uninstall
  Uninstalled v1.59.
  

  $ vsc uninstall 1.56
  Uninstalled v1.56.
  

• cleanup:

  $ vsc list -n3
  v1.59 - July 2021      [Active]
  v1.58 - June 2021      [Installed]
  v1.57 - May 2021       [Installed]
  
  $ vsc cleanup
  Uninstalled v1.58.
  Uninstalled v1.57.
  

Troubleshooting

• vsc: command not found

  If you installed vscvm via pip, but the terminal says vsc is not a recognized command, that means that you probably don't have ~/.local/bin in your PATH.

  Add the following line into your .bashrc file:

  PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin
  

  then restart your terminal, and it should start working.