Reverse engineered prompt

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I want this repo turned into a working local build of the open source VS Code editor, basically something I can clone, start, and use as a real desktop code editor on my machine.

Please focus on getting the existing app working, not inventing new product ideas. It should open as an editor with the normal code editing experience, search and navigation, debugging support, and the bundled extensions that are already part of the project. If there are any broken scripts, missing setup steps, or build issues, fix them so the project can run cleanly in development and also produce a usable build.

Also give me a simple README update for a normal person that explains the exact steps to install, run, test, and build it, plus any machine requirements or common gotchas. If there is already a dev container or codespace setup, make sure that path works too.

Use what is already in the repo as the source of truth, and look up current docs online if you need to.

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