RFC: Build as single executable application

build/single-executable.js

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+"use strict";
+
+const fs = require("fs");
+const cp = require("child_process");
+
+/**
+ * Create a single executable file for the devcontainer CLI.
+ * https://nodejs.org/api/single-executable-applications.html
+ */
+
+process.chdir("dist/spec-node");
+
+const name = "devcontainer";
+const binary = `${name}${process.platform === "win32" ? ".exe" : ""}`;
+
+fs.copyFileSync(process.execPath, binary);
+
+const config = {
+ main: "devContainersSpecCLI.js",
+ output: `prepared.blob`,
+};
+
+fs.writeFileSync("config.json", JSON.stringify(config));
+
+cp.spawnSync(process.execPath, ["--experimental-sea-config", "config.json"], {
+ stdio: "inherit",
+});
+
+cp.spawnSync(
+ "npx",
+ [
+ "--yes",
+ "postject",
+ binary,
+ "NODE_SEA_BLOB",
+ config.output,
+ "--sentinel-fuse",
+ "NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2",
+ ...(process.platform === "darwin"
+ ? ["--macho-segment-name", "NODE_SEA"]
+ : []),
+ ],
+ { stdio: "inherit" }
+);

package.json

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  "definitions-clean": "rimraf dist/node_modules/vscode-dev-containers",
  "definitions-copy": "copyfiles \"node_modules/vscode-dev-containers/container-features/{devcontainer-features.json,feature-scripts.env,fish-debian.sh,homebrew-debian.sh,install.sh}\" dist",
  "npm-pack": "npm pack",
+ "build-executable": "node build/single-executable.js",
  "clean": "npm-run-all clean-dist clean-built",
  "clean-dist": "rimraf dist",
  "clean-built": "rimraf built",