From b8e6369fbeb6764bb3a00dd1245e7b5be748d22e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Asher <ash@coder.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:01:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix empty --cert not generating self-signed certificate

Fixes #1101.
---
 src/node/cli.ts | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/node/cli.ts b/src/node/cli.ts
index d65397f5..0f3e2017 100644
--- a/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -101,11 +101,8 @@ const startVscode = async (): Promise<void | void[]> => {
 		options.password = await generatePassword();
 	}
 
-	if (!options.certKey && typeof options.certKey !== "undefined") {
-		throw new Error(`--cert-key cannot be blank`);
-	} else if (options.certKey && !options.cert) {
-		throw new Error(`--cert-key was provided but --cert was not`);
-	} if (!options.cert && typeof options.cert !== "undefined") {
+	// This is necessary since VS Code filters out empty strings.
+	if (typeof options.cert === "undefined" && process.argv.indexOf("--cert") !== -1) {
 		const { cert, certKey } = await generateCertificate();
 		options.cert = cert;
 		options.certKey = certKey;