[Quarkus] tasks.json file is overridden by quarkus extension

[svor]

VS Code Quarkus extension contributes new task into tasks.json, it happens when user executes Quarkus: Debug current Quarkus project command. As a result .theia/.tasks.json is updated and loses all previous tasks.

[svor]

After quick investigation I see that the extension checks if .vscode/tasks.json exists and if it doesn't, it calls the API to update tasks configuration

workspace.getConfiguration('tasks', this.workspaceFolder.uri).update('tasks', []);

this code writes empty list of tasks into .theia/.tasks.json and removes all existed tasks in .theia/.tasks.json.

[tsmaeder]

@svor that sounds like a bug in VS Code-Quarkus, though: I don't think the existence of the fiel tasks.json in official API. Shouldn't they go through API to check for preexisting tasks?

[svor]

@tsmaeder I agree that changes should be provided into VS Code Quarkus extension, because it doesn't use API to check for preexisting tasks, they just check if /.vscode/launch.json file exists

fs.existsSync(workspaceFolder/.vscode/launch.json)

and it works for vscode but doesn't work for theia.