chore: kill show AST commands

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## Removed
+
+- Removed the "Show AST" and "Show named AST" commands from right-click
+
 ## 1.14.0 - 2025-08-22
 
 ## Fixed

package.json

@@ -59,15 +59,6 @@
         "command": "semgrep.refreshRules",
         "title": "Semgrep: Update rules"
       },
-      {
-        "command": "semgrep.showAst",
-        "title": "Semgrep: Show AST"
-      },
-      {
-        "command": "semgrep.showAstNamed",
-        "title": "Semgrep: Show named AST",
-        "when": "semgrep.cli.minor >= 36 || config.semgrep.ignoreCliVersion"
-      },
       {
         "command": "semgrep.search",
         "title": "Semgrep: Search by pattern",
@@ -236,18 +227,6 @@
       ]
     },
     "menus": {
-      "editor/context": [
-        {
-          "command": "semgrep.showAst",
-          "when": "editorTextFocus",
-          "group": "navigation"
-        },
-        {
-          "command": "semgrep.showAstNamed",
-          "when": "editorTextFocus",
-          "group": "navigation"
-        }
-      ],
       "commandPalette": [
         {
           "command": "semgrep.login",

src/commands.ts

@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@
   logout,
   refreshRules,
   scanWorkspace,
-  showAst,
 } from "./lspExtensions";
 import { handleSearch } from "./search";
-import { encodeUri } from "./showAstDocument";
 import { applyFixAndSave, isRealFileEditor, replaceAll } from "./utils";
 import type { ViewResults } from "./webviews/types/results";
 import { setupMcp } from "./mcp";
 import fs from "fs";
@@ -33,26 +31,6 @@
    See `package.json` which also defines where some of these commands are used.
  */
 
-/*****************************************************************************/
-/* Helpers */
-/*****************************************************************************/
-
-// We need to do this, or openTextDocument will open the same text document, if previously
-// opened. This means that running showAst twice will always show the same thing.
-async function replaceAndOpenUriContent(
-  uri: vscode.Uri,
-  content: string,
-  active_editor: vscode.TextEditor,
-): Promise<void> {
-  const doc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(uri);
-  const edit = new vscode.WorkspaceEdit();
-  edit.replace(uri, new vscode.Range(0, 0, doc.lineCount, 0), content);
-  vscode.workspace.applyEdit(edit);
-  if (active_editor.viewColumn) {
-    vscode.window.showTextDocument(doc, active_editor.viewColumn + 1 || 0);
-  }
-}
-
 /*****************************************************************************/
 /* Commands */
 /*****************************************************************************/
@@ -178,44 +156,6 @@
       return "Refreshed rules";
     }),
 
-    /************/
-    /* SHOW AST */
-    /************/
-
-    vscode.commands.registerCommand("semgrep.showAstNamed", async () => {
-      if (
-        !isRealFileEditor(vscode.window.activeTextEditor) ||
-        !vscode.window.activeTextEditor
-      ) {
-        return;
-      }
-      if (env.client) {
-        const ast_text = await env.client.sendRequest(showAst, {
-          named: true,
-          uri: vscode.window.activeTextEditor?.document.uri.fsPath,
-        });
-        const uri = encodeUri(vscode.window.activeTextEditor.document.uri);
-
-        replaceAndOpenUriContent(uri, ast_text, vscode.window.activeTextEditor);
-      }
-    }),
-    vscode.commands.registerCommand("semgrep.showAst", async () => {
-      if (
-        !isRealFileEditor(vscode.window.activeTextEditor) ||
-        !vscode.window.activeTextEditor
-      ) {
-        return;
-      }
-      if (env.client) {
-        const ast_text = await env.client.sendRequest(showAst, {
-          named: false,
-          uri: vscode.window.activeTextEditor?.document.uri.fsPath,
-        });
-        const uri = encodeUri(vscode.window.activeTextEditor.document.uri);
-        replaceAndOpenUriContent(uri, ast_text, vscode.window.activeTextEditor);
-      }
-    }),
-
     /**********/
     /* SEARCH */
     /**********/

src/env.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 } from "vscode";
 import type { LanguageClient } from "vscode-languageclient/node";
 import { VSCODE_CONFIG_KEY, VSCODE_EXT_NAME } from "./constants";
-import { SemgrepDocumentProvider } from "./showAstDocument";
 import { Logger } from "./utils";
 import type { SemgrepSearchWebviewProvider } from "./views/webview";
 import { NodeSDK } from "@opentelemetry/sdk-node";
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ export class Environment {
   private _provider: SemgrepSearchWebviewProvider | null = null;
   private constructor(
     readonly context: ExtensionContext,
-    readonly documentView: SemgrepDocumentProvider,
     readonly channel: OutputChannel,
     readonly logger: Logger,
     public config: Config,
@@ -211,8 +209,7 @@ export class Environment {
     const config = await Environment.loadConfig(context);
     const channel = window.createOutputChannel(VSCODE_EXT_NAME);
     const logger = new Logger(config.trace, channel);
-    const documentView = new SemgrepDocumentProvider();
-    return new Environment(context, documentView, channel, logger, config);
+    return new Environment(context, channel, logger, config);
   }
 
   static async loadConfig(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<Config> {

src/extension.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 import { type ConfigurationChangeEvent, type ExtensionContext } from "vscode";
 import { registerCommands } from "./commands";
 import { VSCODE_CONFIG_KEY } from "./constants";
 import { DeploymentInfo, Environment } from "./env";
 import { activateLsp, deactivateLsp, restartLsp } from "./lsp";
-import { SemgrepDocumentProvider } from "./showAstDocument";
 import { createStatusBar } from "./statusBar";
 import { initTelemetry, stopTelemetry } from "./telemetry/telemetry";
 import { deregisterExistingOtel, withSpan } from "./utilities/tracing";
@@ -69,13 +68,6 @@
     ),
   );
 
-  // register content provider for the AST showing document
-  context.subscriptions.push(
-    vscode.workspace.registerTextDocumentContentProvider(
-      SemgrepDocumentProvider.scheme,
-      env.documentView,
-    ),
-  );
   // Handle configuration changes
   context.subscriptions.push(
     vscode.workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration(

src/lspExtensions.ts

@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ export interface ScanWorkspaceParams {
   full?: boolean;
 }
 
-export type ShowAstParams = {
-  named: boolean;
-  uri: string;
-};
-
 export const scanWorkspace = new lc.NotificationType<ScanWorkspaceParams>(
   "semgrep/scanWorkspace",
 );
@@ -85,7 +80,3 @@ export const search = new lc.RequestType<LspSearchParams, SearchResults, void>(
 export const searchOngoing = new lc.RequestType0<SearchResults, void>(
   "semgrep/searchOngoing",
 );
-
-export const showAst = new lc.RequestType<ShowAstParams, string, void>(
-  "semgrep/showAst",
-);