feat: option to disable Release Notes

Fixes #675

Author: gnikit

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Added
 
+- Added option to disable Release Notes from being displayed
+  ([#675](https://github.com/fortran-lang/vscode-fortran-support/issues/675))
 - Added support for schema validation of `fpm.toml` files.
 - Added local path resolution for `fortls`, `findent` and `fprettify` executables
   ([#667](https://github.com/fortran-lang/vscode-fortran-support/issues/667))

package.json

@@ -513,6 +513,19 @@
           }
         }
       },
+      {
+        "id": "notifications",
+        "title": "Notifications",
+        "order": 100,
+        "properties": {
+          "fortran.notifications.releaseNotes": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": true,
+            "markdownDescription": "Show release notes when a new version of the extension is installed.",
+            "order": 0
+          }
+        }
+      },
       {
         "id": "deprecated",
         "title": "Deprecated Options",

src/extension.ts

@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
   context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand(WhatsNew, showWhatsNew));
   // Upon the very first initialisation create a file to indicate that the release
   // notes have been shown and not show them again.
-  if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(__dirname, 'displayReleaseNotes.txt'))) {
+  if (
+    !fs.existsSync(path.join(__dirname, 'displayReleaseNotes.txt')) &&
+    config.get<boolean>('notifications.releaseNotes')
+  ) {
     await showWhatsNew();
     fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'displayReleaseNotes.txt'), 'false');
   }