"The following extensions want to relaunch the terminal to contribute to its environment: direnv"

[Nezteb]

I frequently get prompted by VS Code to reload the direnv extension with a message like so:

OS: macOS 13.6 (M2)
Editor: VS Code 1.84.0-insider
Extension: v0.15.2
Shell env: Nushell 0.85.0

My Nushell config:

# ~/.config/nushell/config.nu

# ...
$env.config = {
    # ...
    hooks: {
        # ...
        env_change: {
            # https://direnv.net/docs/hook.html#nushell
            PWD: { ||
                if (which direnv | is-empty) {
                    return
                }
            
                direnv export json | from json | default {} | load-env
            }
        }
        # ...
    }
    # ...
}
# ...

[mkhl]

I'm not sure where the issue is, could you explain what you're expecting and how what you're seeing is different?

[Nezteb]

I guess I'd just like to avoid this popup, which currently shows up on every newly opened VS Code window/shell:

Personally I'd rather the extension just do the restart for me. Or perhaps that choice could be a config option?

[mkhl]

Personally I'd rather the extension just do the restart for me. Or perhaps that choice could be a config option?

It is, you can enable direnv.restartAutomatic

[Nezteb]

I am an idiot and didn't know that was a thing.

Perhaps this leads to a feature request: that pop up could have buttons for "Restart This Time" and "Always Restart (can be changed in settings)" which will toggle that setting or something. What do you think? 😄

[mkhl]

I think that's a great idea :)

[victorbnl]

It is, you can enable direnv.restartAutomatic

This has seemingly been renamed direnv.restart.automatic.