Function executeAsTask

src/util.ts:254–294

(name: string, cmdOrProcess: string, args?: string[], asProcess: boolean = false)

export async function executeAsTask(name: string, process: string, args?: string[], asProcess?: true): Promise<void>;
export async function executeAsTask(name: string, command: string, args?: string[], asProcess?: false): Promise<void>;
export async function executeAsTask(name: string, cmdOrProcess: string, args?: string[], asProcess: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
    let taskDefinition: vscode.TaskDefinition;
    let taskExecution: vscode.ShellExecution | vscode.ProcessExecution;
    if(asProcess){
        taskDefinition = { type: 'process'};
        taskExecution = args ? new vscode.ProcessExecution(
            cmdOrProcess,
            args
        ) : new vscode.ProcessExecution(
            cmdOrProcess
        );
    } else {
        taskDefinition = { type: 'shell' };
        const quotedArgs = args && args.map<vscode.ShellQuotedString>(arg => { return { value: arg, quoting: vscode.ShellQuoting.Weak }; });
        taskExecution = quotedArgs ? new vscode.ShellExecution(
            cmdOrProcess,
            quotedArgs
        ) : new vscode.ShellExecution(
            cmdOrProcess
        );
    }
    const task = new vscode.Task(
        taskDefinition,
        vscode.TaskScope.Global,
        name,
        'R',
        taskExecution,
        []
    );
    const taskExecutionRunning = await vscode.tasks.executeTask(task);

    const taskDonePromise = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
        vscode.tasks.onDidEndTask(e => {
            if (e.execution === taskExecutionRunning) {
                resolve();
            }
        });
    });

    return await taskDonePromise;
}

// executes a callback and shows a 'busy' progress bar during the execution
// synchronous callbacks are converted to async to properly render the progress bar