Settings commandLineArgs on an overlay for vscode breaks the ability to open files thru the cli with it

[stereomato]

Describe the bug

I sometimes open vscode by doing code $someFile, and noticed this doesn't work now. I copied the script that launches vscode, removed the cmd line arg I add thru the overlay, and that way it works normally.

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. create an overlay and add something like "--disable-font-subpixel-positioning" on commandLineArgs
2. try to open file with code $someFile
3. new vscode window opens, but no file is ever loaded. Same behavior with folders.

Expected behavior

Specified file/folders are opened in vscode

Metadata

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 6.12.0, NixOS, 25.05 (Warbler), 25.05.20241119.23e89b7
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.24.10
• nixpkgs: /nix/store/c9wv7i0af6mysmy65x6nvyfw5izzxv4g-source

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[JohnRTitor]

Can't seem to reproduce this with this in environment.systemPackages

  (pkgs.vscode.override {
    # if keyring does not work, try either "libsecret" or "gnome"
    commandLineArgs = ''--password-store=gnome-libsecret'';
  })

[stereomato]

Can't seem to reproduce this with this in environment.systemPackages

  (pkgs.vscode.override {
    # if keyring does not work, try either "libsecret" or "gnome"
    commandLineArgs = ''--password-store=gnome-libsecret'';
  })

huh, that's weird. I have an overlay on nixpkgs.overlay for my user with home-manager as a module. how does the script for vscode look like for you? I've no idea what's going on

[stereomato]

alright, this might be an issue specific to the flag I'm using. tried yours and it works fine, as soon as i add the one i use, it fails to open files thru the cli

[JohnRTitor]

A good way to test this would be:

nix-shell -p vscode
code --disable-font-subpixel-positioning hello.txt

[stereomato]

i did it in a similar way by grabbing the .code-wrapped executable that the code script uses Sent from Proton Mail Android

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