Build from source
Most people should just install the packaged extension from the VS Code Marketplace — it bundles the Studio host, and everything it needs is pulled from NuGet automatically. Build from source only if you’re contributing tonodalmerge-studio or need to run against unreleased changes.
Prerequisites
- .NET SDK 10.0
- Node.js 22+ (for the VS Code extension)
- VS Code 1.90+
- A sibling checkout of nodalmerge — Studio embeds the NodalMerge host and consumes it via local NuGet packages when building from source
1. Restore NodalMerge dependencies
From thenodalmerge-studio repo root, pack local NodalMerge NuGet artifacts from
the sibling repo:
2. Restore and build
3. Build the VS Code extension
4. Start the Studio host
5. Launch the extension
Press F5 from theclients/vscode-extension directory to launch the
extension in a VS Code Extension Development Host, then continue from
Quickstart step 2 (open the Control
Tower, configure a profile, run a goal).