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Copy from `$EXTRA_PATHS` into `$PATHS` to allow user defined paths

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Review code.sh at line 67, starting with the existing PATH assignment and the linked wrapper context. Update the command so EXTRA_PATHS is copied into PATH, then verify that user-defined paths are included while the existing node_modules/bin path remains present.

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Description

https://github.com/flathub/com.visualstudio.code/blob/master/code.sh#L67C1-L67C83

Replace:

exec env ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 PATH="${PATH}:${XDG_DATA_HOME}/node_modules/bin" \

With:

exec env ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 PATH="${PATH}:$EXTRA_PATHS:${XDG_DATA_HOME}/node_modules/bin" \

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