infra: Add code-server development workflow with reliable file watching

[brunobergher]

Motivation

Developing the extension in code-server environments (remote, containers, etc.) has been problematic because native file system watchers often fail to detect changes properly. This PR introduces a streamlined development workflow with polling-based file watching. May close ROO-398.

Changes

New pnpm serve command

• Automatically installs code-server if missing
• Symlinks the extension to code-server's extension directory for live development
• Starts code-server on configurable port (default 8443)
• Runs all file watchers in parallel with proper cleanup on exit

Improved file watching with chokidar

• Replaced esbuild's native watcher in src/esbuild.mjs with chokidar for more reliable detection
• Added new webview-ui/watch.mjs script for webview builds
• Supports polling via CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING and CHOKIDAR_INTERVAL env vars
• Better handling of rebuild debouncing and error logging

Extension auto-reload enhancements

• extension.ts now also watches compiled output (dist/extension.js and webview-ui/build)
• Triggers reload when builds complete, not just when source changes

Configuration

• Added serve command to .roo/roomotes.yml with port setting
• Added chokidar dependency to webview-ui/package.json

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Important

Introduces a code-server development workflow with improved file watching using chokidar for reliable change detection in remote environments.

• New pnpm serve command:
  • Installs code-server if missing and symlinks the extension for live development.
  • Starts code-server on port 8443 and runs file watchers with cleanup on exit.
• File Watching:
  • Replaces esbuild's native watcher with chokidar in src/esbuild.mjs for reliable detection.
  • Adds webview-ui/watch.mjs for webview builds with polling support.
  • Supports polling via CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING and CHOKIDAR_INTERVAL env vars.
• Extension Auto-Reload:
  • extension.ts watches dist/extension.js and webview-ui/build for reloads.
• Configuration:
  • Adds serve command to .roo/roomotes.yml.
  • Adds chokidar dependency to webview-ui/package.json.

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[roomote]

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All issues resolved. The redundant problem matcher markers have been removed.

• Remove redundant [esbuild-problem-matcher#...] markers in src/esbuild.mjs (lines 202-212) since the plugin already emits them

Previous reviews

• 9e91335: Review #1

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[roomote]

The manual [esbuild-problem-matcher#onStart] and [esbuild-problem-matcher#onEnd] markers here are redundant since the esbuild-problem-matcher plugin (lines 80-94) already emits these markers via esbuild's build.onStart() and build.onEnd() hooks. This causes duplicate markers in the output which could confuse VS Code problem matchers that expect balanced start/end pairs.

Suggested change

	rebuildTimeout = setTimeout(async () => {
	console.log(`[${name}] File ${eventType}: ${path.relative(srcDir, filePath)}`)
	console.log(`[esbuild-problem-matcher#onStart]`)
	try {
	await Promise.all([extensionCtx.rebuild(), workerCtx.rebuild()])
	console.log(`[esbuild-problem-matcher#onEnd]`)
	} catch (err) {
	console.error(`[${name}] Rebuild failed:`, err.message)
	console.log(`[esbuild-problem-matcher#onEnd]`)
	}
	}, 200)
	rebuildTimeout = setTimeout(async () => {
	console.log(`[${name}] File ${eventType}: ${path.relative(srcDir, filePath)}`)
	try {
	await Promise.all([extensionCtx.rebuild(), workerCtx.rebuild()])
	} catch (err) {
	console.error(`[${name}] Rebuild failed:`, err.message)
	}
	}, 200)

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[mrubens]

@roomote pls fix

[roomote]

Fixaroo   See task on Roo Cloud

Fixed the reported issues. All local checks passed.

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