contentProvider.ts

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import * as vscode from 'vscode';

export default class MergeConflictContentProvider implements vscode.TextDocumentContentProvider, vscode.Disposable {

	static scheme = 'merge-conflict.conflict-diff';

	constructor(private context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
	}

	begin() {
		this.context.subscriptions.push(
			vscode.workspace.registerTextDocumentContentProvider(MergeConflictContentProvider.scheme, this)
		);
	}

	dispose() {
	}

	async provideTextDocumentContent(uri: vscode.Uri): Promise<string | null> {
		try {
			const { scheme, ranges } = JSON.parse(uri.query) as { scheme: string; ranges: [{ line: number; character: number }[], { line: number; character: number }[]][] };

			// complete diff
			const document = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(uri.with({ scheme, query: '' }));

			let text = '';
			let lastPosition = new vscode.Position(0, 0);

			ranges.forEach(rangeObj => {
				const [conflictRange, fullRange] = rangeObj;
				const [start, end] = conflictRange;
				const [fullStart, fullEnd] = fullRange;

				text += document.getText(new vscode.Range(lastPosition.line, lastPosition.character, fullStart.line, fullStart.character));
				text += document.getText(new vscode.Range(start.line, start.character, end.line, end.character));
				lastPosition = new vscode.Position(fullEnd.line, fullEnd.character);
			});

			const documentEnd = document.lineAt(document.lineCount - 1).range.end;
			text += document.getText(new vscode.Range(lastPosition.line, lastPosition.character, documentEnd.line, documentEnd.character));

			return text;
		}
		catch (ex) {
			await vscode.window.showErrorMessage('Unable to show comparison');
			return null;
		}
	}
}