Deploying via ganache should rewrite truffle-config

[emilyJLin95]

When I deploy on VS Code on ganache, it rewrites the truffle-config

Additionally, is there a way to not add the loc_local_ prefix? It gets confusing to remember when i want to do --network ganache_name

[xhulz]

Hi @emilyJLin95,

Ok, I just removed the loc in front of the network name and kept just the name as it is displayed inside the network view panel.

About VSCode rewrites truffle-config.js

There are some points that we need to bring to the table. Today, we have the network view panel, that the user is free to create a new network or connect to one previously existent. Given that, there are 2 scenarios here:

1. If we leave the combobox with only the networks that are inside the truffle-config.js, this can cause a strangeness to the users and they considering it a bug, because the items from the network view panel, are not showing up as a target for deploy

2. If we decide to keep it the same way (all networks showing up), but avoid rewriting the truffle-config.js, we won't be able to make a deploy for networks coming from the network view panel, because we must have the network target written inside the truffle-config.js in order to execute a deploy. In this specific case, the extension is trying to be proactive, modifying the configuration file to allow users do a deploy.

IMHO, maybe we can create a different style to show the network information inside the combobox. Something like separate the networks that are coming from the the truffle-config.js to the ones that have been coming from the network view panel. Below these last ones, we can add a warning saying something like: choosing this network, your deploy will be done and your truffle-config.js will be modified.

Thoughts?

@kevinbluer for visibility

[acuarica]

We might get rid of this issue altogether when/if https://github.com/trufflesuite/truffle/issues/5701 gets implemented. Because if it gets implemented, a new --url flag will be introduced. This flag that allows us to pass down the network, instead of re-writing truffle-config.js.