Improvements

- Disable useless file selection
- Disable telemetry
- Update comments

Author: Morgan Rodgers

form.yml

@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ attributes:
   working_dir:
     label: "Working Directory"
     data-filepicker: true
+    data-target-file-type: dirs  # Valid values are: files, dirs, or both
     readonly: false
     help: "Select your project directory; defaults to $HOME"

template/script.sh.erb

@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-<%-    
+<%-
+    # Ensure that code-server always starts up in either a user defined directory or the home directory
     working_dir = Pathname.new(context.working_dir)
     if ! working_dir.exist? || working_dir.to_s.empty?
         working_dir = Pathname.new(ENV['HOME'])
     elsif working_dir.file?
         working_dir = working_dir.parent
-    end    
+    end
 %>
 
 # Ensure a dataroot for Code Server
 CODE_SERVER_DATAROOT="$HOME/.local/share/bc_osc_codeserver"
 mkdir -p "$CODE_SERVER_DATAROOT/extensions"
 
+# Expose the password to the server
 export PASSWORD="$password"
 
 # VSCode complains that system git is too old
@@ -21,9 +23,11 @@ module load git
 # Start Code Server
 #
 
+# An arbitrary path...
 /fs/project/PZS0714/mrodgers/bin/code-server-2.1523-vsc1.38.1 \
     --auth=password \
     --port="$port" \
+    --disable-telemetry \
     --extra-extensions-dir="$CODE_SERVER_DATAROOT/extensions" \
     --user-data-dir="$CODE_SERVER_DATAROOT" \
     "<%= working_dir.to_s %>"