Accept argument to change initial working directory

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 [![MIT license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg)](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/blob/master/LICENSE)
 [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/463752820026376202.svg?label=&logo=discord&logoColor=ffffff&color=7389D8&labelColor=6A7EC2)](https://discord.gg/zxSwN8Z)
 
-`code-server` is [VS Code](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode) running on a remote server, accessible through the browser.
+`code-server` is [VS Code](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode) running on a
+remote server, accessible through the browser.
 
 Try it out:
 ```bash
@@ -13,11 +14,11 @@ docker run -it -p 127.0.0.1:8443:8443 -v "${PWD}:/home/coder/project" codercom/c
 ```
 
 - Code on your Chromebook, tablet, and laptop with a consistent dev environment.
-	- If you have a Windows or Mac workstation, more easily develop for Linux.
+  - If you have a Windows or Mac workstation, more easily develop for Linux.
 - Take advantage of large cloud servers to speed up tests, compilations, downloads, and more.
 - Preserve battery life when you're on the go.
-	- All intensive computation runs on your server.
+  - All intensive computation runs on your server.
-	- You're no longer running excess instances of Chrome.
+  - You're no longer running excess instances of Chrome.
 
 ![Screenshot](/doc/assets/ide.png)
 
@@ -29,28 +30,35 @@ Use [sshcode](https://github.com/codercom/sshcode) for a simple setup.
 
 ### Docker
 
-See docker oneliner mentioned above. Dockerfile is at [/Dockerfile](/Dockerfile).
+See docker oneliner mentioned above. Dockerfile is at
+[/Dockerfile](/Dockerfile).
 
 ### Binaries
 
-1.  [Download a binary](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases) (Linux and OS X supported. Windows coming soon)
+1.  [Download a binary](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases) (Linux and
+    OS X supported. Windows coming soon)
 2.  Start the binary with the project directory as the first argument
 
-    ```
+```
-    code-server <initial directory to open>
+code-server <initial directory to open>
-    ```
+```
-	> You will be prompted to enter the password shown in the CLI
+You will be prompted to enter the password shown in the CLI. `code-server`
-	`code-server` should now be running at https://localhost:8443.
+should now be running at https://localhost:8443.
 
-	> code-server uses a self-signed SSL certificate that may prompt your browser to ask you some additional questions before you proceed. Please [read here](doc/self-hosted/index.md) for more information.
+`code-server` uses a self-signed SSL certificate that may prompt your
+browser to ask you some additional questions before you proceed. Please
+[read here](doc/self-hosted/index.md) for more information.
 
-For detailed instructions and troubleshooting, see the [self-hosted quick start guide](doc/self-hosted/index.md).
+For detailed instructions and troubleshooting, see the
+[self-hosted quick start guide](doc/self-hosted/index.md).
 
-Quickstart guides for [Google Cloud](doc/admin/install/google_cloud.md), [AWS](doc/admin/install/aws.md), and [DigitalOcean](doc/admin/install/digitalocean.md).
+Quickstart guides for [Google Cloud](doc/admin/install/google_cloud.md),
+[AWS](doc/admin/install/aws.md), and
+[DigitalOcean](doc/admin/install/digitalocean.md).
 
 How to [secure your setup](/doc/security/ssl.md).
 
-## Build
+### Build
 - If you also plan on developing, set the `OUT` environment variable: `
   export OUT=/path/to/some/directory`. Otherwise it will build in this
   directory which will cause issues because then `yarn watch` will try to
@@ -62,7 +70,7 @@ How to [secure your setup](/doc/security/ssl.md).
   `yarn binary` with the same arguments in the previous step to package the
   code into a single binary.
 
-## Development
+### Development
 
 ```fish
 git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
@@ -77,25 +85,31 @@ yarn start --allow-http --no-auth
 # Visit http://localhost:8443
 ```
 
-### Known Issues
+## Known Issues
 
 - Creating custom VS Code extensions and debugging them doesn't work.
-- To debug Golang using [ms-vscode-go extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.Go), you need to add `--security-opt seccomp=unconfined` to your `docker run` arguments when launching code-server with Docker. See [#725](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/725) for details.
+- To debug Golang using
+  [ms-vscode-go extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.Go),
+  you need to add `--security-opt seccomp=unconfined` to your `docker run`
+  arguments when launching code-server with Docker. See
+  [#725](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/725) for details.
 
-### Future
+## Future
 - **Stay up to date!** Get notified about new releases of code-server.
   ![Screenshot](/doc/assets/release.gif)
 - Windows support.
 - Electron and Chrome OS applications to bridge the gap between local<->remote.
 - Run VS Code unit tests against our builds to ensure features work as expected.
 
-### Extensions
+## Extensions
 
-At the moment we can't use the official VSCode Marketplace. We've created a custom extension marketplace focused around open-sourced extensions. However, if you have access to the `.vsix` file, you can manually install the extension.
+At the moment we can't use the official VSCode Marketplace. We've created a
+custom extension marketplace focused around open-sourced extensions. However,
+if you have access to the `.vsix` file, you can manually install the extension.
 
 ## Telemetry
 
-Use the `--disable-telemetry` flag or set `DISABLE_TELEMETRY=true` to disable tracking ENTIRELY.
+Set the `telemetry.enableTelemetry` user setting to false to disable telemetry.
 
 We use data collected to improve code-server.
 
@@ -109,8 +123,10 @@ Development guides are coming soon.
 
 ## Enterprise
 
-Visit [our enterprise page](https://coder.com/enterprise) for more information about our enterprise offering.
+Visit [our enterprise page](https://coder.com/enterprise) for more information
+about our enterprise offering.
 
 ## Commercialization
 
-If you would like to commercialize code-server, please contact contact@coder.com.
+If you would like to commercialize code-server, please contact
+contact@coder.com.

src/cli.ts

@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ const main = async (): Promise<void> => {
 		certKey: args["cert-key"],
 		auth: typeof args.auth !== "undefined" ? args.auth : true,
 		password: process.env.PASSWORD,
+		folderUri: args["_"] && args["_"].length > 1
+			? args["_"][args["_"].length - 1]
+			: undefined,
 	};
 
 	if (!options.host) {

src/server.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export interface ServerOptions {
 	readonly certKey?: string;
 	readonly auth?: boolean;
 	readonly password?: string;
+	readonly folderUri?: string;
 }
 
 export abstract class Server {
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ export abstract class Server {
 
 	private listenPromise: Promise<string> | undefined;
 
-	public constructor(private readonly options: ServerOptions) {
+	public constructor(protected readonly options: ServerOptions) {
 		if (this.options.cert && this.options.certKey) {
 			useHttpsTransformer();
 			const httpolyglot = require.__$__nodeRequire(path.resolve(__dirname, "../node_modules/httpolyglot/lib/index")) as typeof import("httpolyglot");
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ export class MainServer extends Server {
 
 		const cwd = process.env.VSCODE_CWD || process.cwd();
 		const workspacePath = parsedUrl.query.workspace as string | undefined;
-		const folderPath = !workspacePath ? parsedUrl.query.folder as string | undefined || cwd: undefined;
+		const folderPath = !workspacePath ? parsedUrl.query.folder as string | undefined || this.options.folderUri || cwd: undefined;
 
 		const options: Options = {
 			WORKBENCH_WEB_CONGIGURATION: {