How can I trigger a command palette action from a task? - visual-studio-code

Question

I have this task I've created:
{
"label": "Regen Coverage",
"type": "shell",
"group": "test",
"presentation": {
"reveal": "always",
"panel": "dedicated"
},
"command": [
"go test ./internal/... --tags=dynamic,integration -coverpkg=./... -count=1 -coverprofile ./cover.out",
"gcov2lcov -infile=cover.out -outfile=cover.lcov",
]
}
I'd like to trigger a command palette action from an extension (the command is Coverage Gutters: Watch. I think this should be possible, based on this ticket: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/11396, but I have no idea what the command would be called, and the docs say that a command must return a string. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Thank you to #rioV8 I was able to find the commandID from the key binding GUI. This is the resulting task setup:
{
// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
// for the documentation about the tasks.json format
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "run integration tests and cover",
"type": "shell",
"group": "test",
"presentation": {
"reveal": "always",
"panel": "shared"
},
"command": [
"go test ./internal/... --tags=dynamic,integration -coverpkg=./... -count=1 -coverprofile ./cover.out",
"gcov2lcov -infile=cover.out -outfile=cover.lcov"
]
},
{
"label": "Regen and Watch Coverage",
"dependsOn": [
"run integration tests and cover"
],
"presentation": {
"reveal": "always",
"panel": "shared"
},
"command": [
"${command:coverage-gutters.watchCoverageAndVisibleEditors}"
],
"problemMatcher": []
}
]
}