Function getVSCodeIDECommandByParentProcess

src/utils/ide.ts:951–1016

()

}

function getVSCodeIDECommandByParentProcess(): string | null {
  try {
    const platform = getPlatform()

    // Only supported on OSX, where Cursor has the ability to
    // register itself as the 'code' command.
    if (platform !== 'macos') {
      return null
    }

    let pid = process.ppid

    // Walk up the process tree to find the actual app
    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
      if (!pid || pid === 0 || pid === 1) break

      // Get the command for this PID
      // this function already returned if not running on macos
      const command = execSyncWithDefaults_DEPRECATED(
        // eslint-disable-next-line custom-rules/no-direct-ps-commands
        `ps -o command= -p ${pid}`,
      )?.trim()

      if (command) {
        // Check for known applications and extract the path up to and including .app
        const appNames = {
          'Visual Studio Code.app': 'code',
          'Cursor.app': 'cursor',
          'Windsurf.app': 'windsurf',
          'Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app': 'code',
          'VSCodium.app': 'codium',
        }
        const pathToExecutable = '/Contents/MacOS/Electron'

        for (const [appName, executableName] of Object.entries(appNames)) {
          const appIndex = command.indexOf(appName + pathToExecutable)
          if (appIndex !== -1) {
            // Extract the path from the beginning to the end of the .app name
            const folderPathEnd = appIndex + appName.length
            // These are all known VSCode variants with the same structure
            return (
              command.substring(0, folderPathEnd) +
              '/Contents/Resources/app/bin/' +
              executableName
            )
          }
        }
      }

      // Get parent PID
      // this function already returned if not running on macos
      const ppidStr = execSyncWithDefaults_DEPRECATED(
        // eslint-disable-next-line custom-rules/no-direct-ps-commands
        `ps -o ppid= -p ${pid}`,
      )?.trim()
      if (!ppidStr) {
        break
      }