New VS Code Command **> Blender: Build .zip file**

[kolibril13]

This command will build the extension, for example to upload it to the extension store.
/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender --command extension build
It would be a great addition to have it also available in this menu here:

[Mateusz-Grzelinski]

might be a good idea, but it requies a bit more design, as the command can do a lot of things:

❯ .\blender.exe -c extension help
usage: blender --command extension [-h] {server-generate,build,validate,list,sync,update,install,install-file,remove,repo-list,repo-add,repo-remove} ...
blender --command extension: error: argument {server-generate,build,validate,list,sync,update,install,install-file,remove,repo-list,repo-add,repo-remove}: invalid choice: 'help' (choose from 'server-generate', 'build', 'validate', 'list', 'sync', 'update', 'install', 'install-file', 'remove', 'repo-list', 'repo-add', 'repo-remove')

You need to make a case why you need dedicated support for this, instead of using .vscode\tasks.json:

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "echo",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender --command extension build"
        }
    ]
}

[kolibril13]

Thanks for the hint!
I think that everyone who develops a blender extension will package it into a .zip file at one point, therefore it might be useful to have this as a command in Blender VS Code .