async function checkPijulInstallation (config: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration, outputChannel: vscode.OutputChannel) {
  let path = config.get<string>("installationPath");

export interface IPijul {
  path: string;
  version: string;
}

async function checkPijulInstallation (path: string | undefined, config: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration, outputChannel: vscode.OutputChannel): Promise<IPijul> {

          return;

          return Promise.reject(new Error("No executable selected in file dialogue"));

        config.update("ignoreMissingInstallation", true);
        return;

        await config.update("ignoreMissingInstallation", true);
        return Promise.reject(new Error("Ignore"));

      return;

      return Promise.reject(new Error("Ignore"));

  const child = cp.spawn(path, ["--version"]);
  child.stdout.on("data", (b: Buffer) => outputChannel.append(b.toString()));

  return new Promise<IPijul>((resolve, reject) => {
    const pathDefined = path || "pijul";
    const child = cp.spawn(pathDefined || "pijul", ["--version"]);
    const buffers: Buffer[] = [];
    child.stdout.on("data", (b: Buffer) => buffers.push(b));
    child.on("error", () => reject(new Error("Error checking version at " + path)));
    child.on("close", code => {
      if (code) {
        reject(new Error("Error checking version at " + path));
      } else {
        resolve({ path: pathDefined, version: Buffer.concat(buffers).toString("utf8").trim().split(" ")[1] });
      }
    });
  });

  await checkPijulInstallation(config, outputChannel);

  const installationPath = config.get<string>("installationPath");
  // Make sure that the Pijul installation is valid
  let identifiedInstallation = false;
  let pijul;
  while (!identifiedInstallation) {
    try {
      pijul = await checkPijulInstallation(installationPath, config, outputChannel);
      outputChannel.appendLine(`Using Pijul ${pijul.version} located at ${pijul.path}`);
      identifiedInstallation = true;
    } catch (err) {
      if (err.message === "Ignore") {
        // Complete activation without finding the installation
        identifiedInstallation = true;
        return;
      } else {
        // Reset the configuration and try again
        vscode.window.showErrorMessage(`Failed to find pijul installation at ${err.message.split(" ").pop()}, resetting...`);
      }
    }
  }