chore: Add a rebase rule for PR-695

[RomanNikitenko]

What does this PR do?

Add a rebase rule for #695

What issues does this PR fix?

see #695

How to test this PR?

Does this PR contain changes that override default upstream Code-OSS behavior?

• the PR contains changes in the code folder (you can skip it if your changes are placed in a che extension )
• the corresponding items were added to the CHANGELOG.md file
• rules for automatic git rebase were added to the .rebase folder

Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-opus-4.6

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores

  • Improved preinstall behavior with safer conditional header handling and clearer warnings on failures.
  • Updated conflict-resolution workflow to recognize and auto-apply replacements for modified preinstall logic.

• Documentation

  • Added a changelog entry documenting the above updates.

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📒 Files selected for processing (3)

• .rebase/CHANGELOG.md
• .rebase/replace/code/build/npm/preinstall.ts.json
• rebase.sh

🚧 Files skipped from review as they are similar to previous changes (2)

• rebase.sh
• .rebase/replace/code/build/npm/preinstall.ts.json

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This PR updates the npm preinstall replacement so it installs gyp dependencies first, then conditionally installs headers (skipped when VSCODE_SKIP_HEADER_INSTALL is set). Header installation is wrapped in try/catch with colored warnings on failure. The rebase conflict resolver is updated to apply this multi-line replacement for code/build/npm/preinstall.ts, and a changelog entry records the change.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Suggested reviewers

• rgrunber
• vitaliy-guliy
• azatsarynnyy

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: adding a rebase rule for PR-695. It uses imperative mood ('Add'), is concise at 35 characters, and directly relates to the changeset.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Rebase Rules For Upstream Changes	✅ Passed	PR correctly includes all required rebase rules for upstream file modification: (1) .rebase/replace rule file, (2) .rebase/CHANGELOG.md entry, (3) rebase.sh conflict routing.

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