Add notes on seemingly unused dependencies

code-asher · code-asher · commit d909b907e6d5 · 2024-06-27T11:51:41.000-08:00
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -66,3 +66,12 @@ However, fully testing the plugin is blocked on switching back to the standard V
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 3. Press `F5` or navigate to the "Run and Debug" tab of VS Code and click "Run Extension".
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+## Dependencies
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+Some dependencies are not directly used in the source but are required anyway.
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+- `bufferutil` and `utf-8-validate` are peer dependencies of `ws`.
+- `ua-parser-js` and `dayjs` are used by the Coder API client.
+- `glob`, `nyc`, `vscode-test`, and `@vscode/test-electron` are currently unused
+  but we need to switch back to them from `vitest`.
