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Download and patch TypeScript Native VSCode extension to work with Cursor
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tsgo.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -e # Exit on any error
# Configuration
PUBLISHER="TypeScriptTeam"
EXTENSION_NAME="native-preview"
ARCHITECTURE="darwin-arm64"
echo "Step 1: Requesting extension information from VS Code Marketplace..."
# Make the API request to get extension information
if ! response=$(curl -s 'https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/extensionquery' \
--compressed \
-X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/json;api-version=7.2-preview.1;excludeUrls=true' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw "{\"assetTypes\":null,\"filters\":[{\"criteria\":[{\"filterType\":7,\"value\":\"$PUBLISHER.$EXTENSION_NAME\"}],\"direction\":2,\"pageSize\":100,\"pageNumber\":1,\"sortBy\":0,\"sortOrder\":0,\"pagingToken\":null}],\"flags\":2151}"); then
echo "Error: Failed to fetch extension information"
exit 1
fi
echo "✓ Extension information retrieved successfully"
# Display basic info about the response
echo ""
echo "Response preview:"
echo "$response" | head -c 200
echo "..."
echo ""
echo "Step 2: Finding $ARCHITECTURE version..."
# Check if jq is available
if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
echo "Error: jq is required but not installed. Please install jq first."
exit 1
fi
# Extract the first version with targetPlatform = $ARCHITECTURE
version=$(echo "$response" | jq -r ".results[0].extensions[0].versions[] | select(.targetPlatform == \"$ARCHITECTURE\") | .version" | head -1)
if [ -z "$version" ]; then
echo "Error: No $ARCHITECTURE version found"
exit 1
fi
echo "✓ Found $ARCHITECTURE version: $version"
echo ""
echo "Step 3: Downloading extension package..."
# Download the extension package
download_url="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/${PUBLISHER}/vsextensions/${EXTENSION_NAME}/${version}/vspackage?targetPlatform=${ARCHITECTURE}"
echo "Download URL: $download_url"
if ! curl -L "$download_url" -o "tsgo_original.vsix"; then
echo "Error: Failed to download extension package"
exit 1
fi
echo "✓ Extension package downloaded as tsgo_original.vsix"
echo ""
echo "Step 4: Unzipping the extension package..."
# Create a temporary directory for extraction
temp_dir="tsgo_extraction_temp"
rm -rf "$temp_dir"
mkdir -p "$temp_dir"
# First, check if the file is gzip compressed
if file "tsgo_original.vsix" | grep -q "gzip"; then
echo "File is gzip compressed, decompressing first..."
gunzip -c "tsgo_original.vsix" > "tsgo_decompressed.vsix"
vsix_file="tsgo_decompressed.vsix"
else
vsix_file="tsgo_original.vsix"
fi
# Unzip the extension package
if ! unzip -q "$vsix_file" -d "$temp_dir"; then
echo "Error: Failed to unzip extension package"
exit 1
fi
echo "✓ Extension package unzipped to $temp_dir"
# List the contents to verify
echo "Contents of extracted package:"
ls -la "$temp_dir"
echo ""
echo "Step 5: Patching package.json..."
# Check if the extension folder exists
if [ ! -d "$temp_dir/extension" ]; then
echo "Error: extension folder not found in extracted package"
exit 1
fi
# Check if package.json exists
package_json="$temp_dir/extension/package.json"
if [ ! -f "$package_json" ]; then
echo "Error: package.json not found in extension folder"
exit 1
fi
# Show current engines.vscode value
echo "Current engines.vscode value:"
jq '.engines.vscode' "$package_json"
# Patch the package.json to set engines.vscode to "^1.0.0"
if ! jq '.engines.vscode = "^1.0.0"' "$package_json" > "$package_json.tmp" || ! mv "$package_json.tmp" "$package_json"; then
echo "Error: Failed to patch package.json"
exit 1
fi
echo "✓ package.json patched successfully"
echo ""
echo "Step 6: Creating final tsgo.vsix package..."
# Navigate to the temp directory and zip only the extension folder
cd "$temp_dir"
if ! zip -r "../tsgo.vsix" extension/ > /dev/null; then
echo "Error: Failed to create tsgo.vsix"
exit 1
fi
cd ..
echo "✓ tsgo.vsix created successfully"
# Show final file info
echo ""
echo "Final result:"
ls -la tsgo.vsix
echo ""
echo "✓ All steps completed successfully!"
echo "The patched extension is now available as tsgo.vsix"
# Clean up temporary files
echo ""
echo "Cleaning up temporary files..."
rm -rf "$temp_dir"
rm -f "tsgo_original.vsix"
rm -f "tsgo_decompressed.vsix"
echo "✓ Cleanup completed"
echo ""
echo "Installing extension into Cursor..."
vsix_path="$(pwd)/tsgo.vsix"
# Check if cursor command is available
if ! command -v cursor &> /dev/null; then
echo "Warning: cursor command not found. Skipping automatic installation."
echo "You can manually install the extension using one of these methods:"
echo "1. Command line: cursor --install-extension \"$vsix_path\""
echo "2. In Cursor: Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P) → \"Extensions: Install from VSIX...\" → select tsgo.vsix"
echo "3. In Cursor: Right-click on tsgo.vsix file → \"Install extension VSIX\""
exit 0
fi
if cursor --install-extension "$vsix_path"; then
echo "✓ Extension installed successfully into Cursor"
else
echo "Error: Failed to install extension into Cursor"
echo "You can manually install the extension using one of these methods:"
echo "1. Command line: cursor --install-extension \"$vsix_path\""
echo "2. In Cursor: Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P) → \"Extensions: Install from VSIX...\" → select tsgo.vsix"
echo "3. In Cursor: Right-click on tsgo.vsix file → \"Install extension VSIX\""
exit 1
fi
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