Syncing of extensions not working in portable mode

[drb-germany]

🐛 When installing VS Code in portable mode with local data directory, extensions are not (fully) synced

VS Code can be installed in portable mode (download ZIP file and extract in some random directory). If you create a folder with the name "data" in the main directory, VS Code will save all settings and extensions into this subdirectory (see https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/portable).

With this mode, Sync is ignoring most of the extensions. Out of five installed extensions, only one was synced to the file extensions.json in GIST. Even code-settings-sync itself is not synced as extension. As a result, downloading the settings on another installation only installs the one synced extension.

Doing the same setup with a regular installation works.

🌴 Visual Studio Code Version : 1.30.2
🌴 Code Settings Sync Version : 3.2.4
🌴 Standard or Insiders : Standard
🌴 OSS or Portable : Portable
🌴 Operating System : Win 10
🌴 Occurs On: Upload
🌴 Proxy Enabled: No

📰 To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install VS Code Portable
2. Create 'data' directory in VS Code folder
3. Start VS Code, download code-settings-sync
4. Install some extensions (e.g. prettier, vetur, they did not work for me)
5. Upload settings
6. Check gist (extensions.json) or download settings on another machines: extensions will be missing

💪 Expected behavior
All extensions uploaded

[shanalikhan]

can you show an image of the following:

1. data folder
2. Image of the console log from the vscode, to see any exception being logged over there.

[LuisUrrutia]

Same problem here:
The only "Error" in the console was:

And the portable folder has:

[shanalikhan]

Its fixed with new version v3.2.6

let me know in case of issue.

[KolyaKorruptis]

I just got updated to Version: 3.2.6. of Settings Sync on my portable vscode instance.
I uploaded my settings and now the extensions array is completely empty. Meanwhile I have about 30 extensions installed.
Before the 3.2.6 update extensions were only noted partly, as described by OP.

[shanalikhan]

@LuisUrrutia can you look into this.
Feel free to send PR, i will release in new version ( if there is still something missing )

[LuisUrrutia]

@KolyaKorruptis can you open the developer tools of VSCode

Try to upload again and share the console log?

[KolyaKorruptis]

[LuisUrrutia]

@KolyaKorruptis cool! Now I know what the problem is. Are you sure that this extension worked before in the same VSCode portable and in the same OS?

[KolyaKorruptis]

Yes, I'm sure. It worked partially, as OP describes in the first post.

[LuisUrrutia]

@shanalikhan can u re-open this issue and assign it to me?

[shanalikhan]

It's reopened
U can send PR

[gsabater]

I have the same issue as @KolyaKorruptis
My extensions now are an empty array and autodownloading the settings from other computer removed all extensions

[LuisUrrutia]

@gsabater windows, right?

[gsabater]

@LuisUrrutia yes, on both machines

[jeremyhalin]

Same problem here, everything working fine except extensions.json file always empty.
I'm on Windows 10, Visual Studio Code 1.31.1
It was working fine some weeks ago.

Edit: more information
🌴 Visual Studio Code Version : 1.31.1 (user setup)
🌴 Code Settings Sync Version : 3.2.6
🌴 Standard or Insiders : Standard
🌴 OSS or Portable : OSS
🌴 Operating System : Win 10
🌴 Occurs On: Upload
🌴 Proxy Enabled: No

[zcmk123]

same problem with the empty extensions.json ....

[hihahihahoho]

Same problem here

[gigacee]

Same issue on my PC.

environment:
Windows 10 Pro 64bit
Settings Sync v3.2.6
Visual Studio Code v1.31.1 (User Installer)

settings:

	"sync.autoDownload": true,
	"sync.autoUpload": true,
	"sync.gist": "xxx",
	"sync.quietSync": true,

[shanalikhan]

It should be fixed in new version v3.2.7.

Let me know if there is any problem.

[KolyaKorruptis]

@shanalikhan Looking good.

All active extensions were uploaded. One inactivated extension wasn't. I guess that's expected behaviour.

[gigacee]

It looks like no problem. Thanks!

[Kuzmich100kM]

All active extensions were uploaded good. When loading it writes "Sync: You already have the latest version of saved settings." , but nothing loads.

[KolyaKorruptis]

@Kuzmich100kM This issue was about a specific problem that was solved back then and now it's been closed for a while. Please open a new issue for your problem.