Script to update VS Code on Linux

update-vscode.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -euo pipefail

url="https://update.code.visualstudio.com/latest/linux-x64/insider"
target="$HOME/.local/share/vscode"
xattr="user.vscode.updatename"

mkdir -p "$target"
cd "$target"

# fetch 'version'
echo -n "Fetching version: "
name=$(curl -sI "$url" | rg '^Location:' | rg -o 'code.+[.]tar[.]gz')
echo "$name"

# check 'version'
if [[ $(getfattr --only-values -n "$xattr" "$(find . -type f -print -quit)") == "$name" ]]; then
  echo "Already at latest version"
  exit
fi

# remove anything that isn't marked
for topfile in $(ls -A); do
  if ! getfattr --only-values -n "$xattr" "$topfile"; then
    rm -rf "$topfile"
  fi
done

# fetch and extract
echo "Fetching update"
curl -L "$url" \
  | tar xz --strip-components=1 --recursive-unlink --unlink-first

# mark all with 'version'
find . -exec setfattr -n "$xattr" -v "$name" '{}' \;

echo "You'll want to restart vscode"