"Factorio: Select Version" results in "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'match')" popup

[bengardner]

This is a new install of VSCode (1.96.2) and FMTK (2.0.5) on Linux.
Factorio was manually installed in a custom folder.

I opened the mods folder and then clicked on "Factorio (unselected)" at the bottom of the screen, as indicated in workspace.md.

I get an error pop-up saying:
Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'match')

I did not get the option to "Select other version..." as the documentation indicates.

After much exploration, I found that I needed to edit the global settings.json file (~/.config/Code/User/settings.json) and add the following:

"factorio.versions": [
      { "name": "spaceage",
        "factorio_version": "2.0.28",
        "factorioPath":"${userHome}/games/factorio-spaceage/factorio/bin/x64/factorio"
      }
    ],

After I added that, the error pop-up no longer occurred and I was able to select the version I added or select another installed version.

I would ask that either that the underlying issue causing the exception be fixed or update workspace.md with a workaround.

[bengardner]

Before I modified settings.json, the content was:

"factorio.versions": [ {} ],

Restoring that default causes the error to occur again.
I also needed to remove the factorio.version section in the workspace config to get the error again.

Changing the content to the following also fixed the issue.

"factorio.versions": [ ],

Fixing the default value might fix the issue.