Checkout before attempting the save to avoid error message

[BillDenton]

Is it possible to prevent the error message ("Failed to save 'file': File is write protected ...") by checking out before the save starts. Also, it possible to use a dialog box that is internal to Visual Studio Code, rather than launching the ClearCase dialog box, and use the ClearCase command tools to do the check out.

[OpenNingia]

After the user click on "Save" ( or CTRL+S ) VSCode allow to delay saving for as little as 1.5 seconds.

This amount of time is way to little for the user to be able to select the activity from the dialog and confirm; thus the error.

I could programmatically checkout the file with the current activity, but this is not desirable because it is prone to error and does not cover the case when no activity is selected.

[BillDenton]

There's a format on save option. Is possible to hook into the same place that the "format on save" uses?

[BillDenton]

I've looked at the API (https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/extensionAPI/vscode-api) for onWillSaveTextDocument. I see what you mean about the 1.5 seconds. So it appears that the save can't be delayed long enough to allow check out with dialog.

[BillDenton]

Might have to wait until a proper SCM API is added. See microsoft/vscode#206 and microsoft/vscode#2824

[BillDenton]

The 1.9 release (insider build at the moment) supports Source Code Management.

[OpenNingia]

Did they already release the related documentation? I couldn't find it.
Also I believe this will not really help us as Clearcase is a peculiar SCM; it need to checkout a file before being able to save it while almost every other system don't.

[OpenNingia]

I'm closing this one, let's continue this discussion on #10