Minor refactoring of VS Code companion extension code (#4761)

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/utils/logger.ts b/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/utils/logger.ts
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+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+
+export function createLogger(
+  context: vscode.ExtensionContext,
+  logger: vscode.OutputChannel,
+) {
+  return (message: string) => {
+    if (context.extensionMode === vscode.ExtensionMode.Development) {
+      logger.appendLine(message);
+    }
+  };
+}