feat :rephrasing the extension logging messages to run the explore command when there are no extensions installed (#13740)

packages/cli/src/ui/commands/extensionsCommand.ts

@@ -24,12 +24,35 @@ import { ExtensionManager } from '../../config/extension-manager.js';
 import { SettingScope } from '../../config/settings.js';
 import { theme } from '../semantic-colors.js';
 
+function showMessageIfNoExtensions(
+  context: CommandContext,
+  extensions: unknown[],
+): boolean {
+  if (extensions.length === 0) {
+    context.ui.addItem(
+      {
+        type: MessageType.INFO,
+        text: 'No extensions installed. Run `/extensions explore` to check out the gallery.',
+      },
+      Date.now(),
+    );
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 async function listAction(context: CommandContext) {
+  const extensions = context.services.config
+    ? listExtensions(context.services.config)
+    : [];
+
+  if (showMessageIfNoExtensions(context, extensions)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   const historyItem: HistoryItemExtensionsList = {
     type: MessageType.EXTENSIONS_LIST,
-    extensions: context.services.config
-      ? listExtensions(context.services.config)
-      : [],
+    extensions,
   };
 
   context.ui.addItem(historyItem, Date.now());
@@ -56,11 +79,17 @@ function updateAction(context: CommandContext, args: string): Promise<void> {
     (resolve) => (resolveUpdateComplete = resolve),
   );
 
+  const extensions = context.services.config
+    ? listExtensions(context.services.config)
+    : [];
+
+  if (showMessageIfNoExtensions(context, extensions)) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   const historyItem: HistoryItemExtensionsList = {
     type: MessageType.EXTENSIONS_LIST,
-    extensions: context.services.config
-      ? listExtensions(context.services.config)
-      : [],
+    extensions,
   };
 
   updateComplete.then((updateInfos) => {
@@ -138,6 +167,11 @@ async function restartAction(
     return;
   }
 
+  const extensions = extensionLoader.getExtensions();
+  if (showMessageIfNoExtensions(context, extensions)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   const restartArgs = args.split(' ').filter((value) => value.length > 0);
   const all = restartArgs.length === 1 && restartArgs[0] === '--all';
   const names = all ? null : restartArgs;