Thanks for writing this up @pluma! Will be sure to take a look at this when we spend more time on WSL(2).

TL;DR

code.cmd gets run when you invoke code from cmd or powershell

code is a shell script that runs when you invoke code in WSL

This is the first Google search result when I search for "github desktop open vscode in wsl". It would be a hugely appreciated feature to simplify my dev workflow and surely the workflow for any other WSL-based developers.

Bumping this. GitHub desktop would be much more useful if I didn't have to do 2 clicks (1 to open, 1 to switch to WSL extension) when launching VS Code.

This should be a configuration change of changing the shell calling the commands. This looks possible and the intent under the Options > Integrations tab (see below) looks promising with drop-downs for External Editor and Shell, however; once changed to VS Code and WSL, VS Code still does not launch with WSL remoted in.

As an aside and to my surprise: searching WSL on GitHub docs returns nothing.

@outofambit hi! do you still work on the terminal team? Just wondering if this issue is on the radar. I think it would just involve piping the command through the Ubuntu terminal vs Cmd.exe

This is the first Google search result when I search for "github desktop open vscode in wsl". It would be a hugely appreciated feature to simplify my dev workflow and surely the workflow for any other WSL-based developers.

My search was 'github desktop open in vsc wsl'

feature would certainly be appreciated. Sad its not-planned