How can I edit ansible-vault encrypted files in visual-studio-code?

Question

I am using the command line tool ansible-vault and try to edit an encrypted file.

EDITOR=code ansible-vault edit test.txt

It is expected that code opens with the decrypted content in the editor. After saving ansible-vault should decrypt the (changed) buffer. Works much like editing a git commit message.

However, the buffer is empty. And changing/saving doesn't do much to the file.

I also tried it with vim and subl, which both worked as expected. What do I have to do to use visual-studio-code for the task?

If you want to do this directly in VS Code, you can install this extension, which allows to encrypt/decrypt vault files in VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dhoeric.ansible-vault — nwinkler, Aug 10 '18 at 12:33
Sadly it doesn't allow to edit. I always think decrypt should never be used over edit... — oliviercuyp, Jan 29 '19 at 21:41

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '18 at 00:14

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Found it out. I need to:

EDITOR='code --wait' ansible-vault edit test.txt

answered Mar 05 '18 at 00:14

Andy Pah

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How do you save the edit back to the vault again? I tried just saving the tmp-file in Code, but to no avail. – user2602152 Feb 19 '19 at 21:15
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I guess you will need to close the editor window or code completly , because simply saving is not enough. – Andy Pah Feb 20 '19 at 22:44
Adding this to alias doesn't work..any reason why ?? – Prathamesh dhanawade Sep 11 '20 at 15:56

How can I edit ansible-vault encrypted files in visual-studio-code?

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