macOS: help icon refresh

src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts

@@ -54,8 +54,13 @@ import { KeyboardLayoutMonitor } from 'vs/code/electron-main/keyboard';
 import URI from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { WorkspacesChannel } from 'vs/platform/workspaces/common/workspacesIpc';
 import { IWorkspacesMainService } from 'vs/platform/workspaces/common/workspaces';
+import { dirname, join } from 'path';
+import { touch } from 'vs/base/node/pfs';
 
 export class CodeApplication {
+
+	private static APP_ICON_REFRESH_KEY = 'macOSAppIconRefresh';
+
 	private toDispose: IDisposable[];
 	private windowsMainService: IWindowsMainService;
 
@@ -386,6 +391,20 @@ export class CodeApplication {
 
 		// Start shared process here
 		this.sharedProcess.spawn();
+
+		// Helps application icon refresh after an update with new icon is installed (macOS)
+		// TODO@Ben remove after a couple of releases
+		if (platform.isMacintosh) {
+			if (!this.storageService.getItem(CodeApplication.APP_ICON_REFRESH_KEY)) {
+				this.storageService.setItem(CodeApplication.APP_ICON_REFRESH_KEY, true);
+
+				// 'exe' => /Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron
+				const appPath = dirname(dirname(dirname(app.getPath('exe'))));
+				const infoPlistPath = join(appPath, 'Contents', 'Info.plist');
+				touch(appPath).done(null, error => { /* ignore */ });
+				touch(infoPlistPath).done(null, error => { /* ignore */ });
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	private dispose(): void {