From 8908fba1a0ed2ac8a3ac6de998d0a2abc03290ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Rieken <johannes.rieken@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:16:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] disable ext host cached data when developing extensions,
 fixes https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/105512

---
 .../electron-browser/localProcessExtensionHost.ts           | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/localProcessExtensionHost.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/localProcessExtensionHost.ts
index a92220fc8d6..5aaa1ffe508 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/localProcessExtensionHost.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/localProcessExtensionHost.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ export class LocalProcessExtensionHost implements IExtensionHost {
 					delete env['DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH'];
 				}
 
+				if (this._isExtensionDevHost) {
+					// Unset `VSCODE_NODE_CACHED_DATA_DIR` when developing extensions because it might
+					// be that dependencies, that otherwise would be cached, get modified.
+					delete env['VSCODE_NODE_CACHED_DATA_DIR'];
+				}
+
 				const opts = {
 					env,
 					// We only detach the extension host on windows. Linux and Mac orphan by default