README.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Prior to v13, you had to override `getLastRelease` to use `@semantic-release/git
 
 #### Travis example
 
-Secret environment variables: `VSCE_TOKEN`
+Secret environment variables: `VSCE_PAT`
 
 Example:
 

lib/publish.js

@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ const execa = require('execa');
 const { readJson } = require('fs-extra');
 
 module.exports = async (version, yarn, logger) => {
-  const { VSCE_TOKEN } = process.env;
-
   const { publisher, name } = await readJson('./package.json');
 
   logger.log('Publishing version %s to vs code marketplace', version);
 
-  const options = ['publish', '--pat', VSCE_TOKEN];
+  const options = ['publish'];
 
   if (yarn) {
     options.push('--yarn');

lib/verify-auth.js

@@ -3,14 +3,19 @@ const SemanticReleaseError = require('@semantic-release/error');
 
 module.exports = async (logger) => {
   logger.log('Verify authentication for vsce');
-  const { VSCE_TOKEN } = process.env;
 
-  if (!VSCE_TOKEN) {
-    throw new SemanticReleaseError('No vsce personal access token specified (set the "VSCE_TOKEN" environment variable).', 'ENOVSCEPAT');
+  if (!('VSCE_PAT' in process.env) && ('VSCE_TOKEN' in process.env)) {
+    logger.log('VSCE_TOKEN is deprecated and may be removed in the next major release, please use VSCE_PAT instead.');
+    process.env.VSCE_PAT = process.env.VSCE_TOKEN;
+  }
+
+  if (!process.env.VSCE_PAT) {
+    throw new SemanticReleaseError('No vsce personal access token specified (set the "VSCE_PAT" environment variable).', 'ENOVSCEPAT');
   }
 
   try {
-    execa.sync('vsce', ['verify-pat', '--pat', VSCE_TOKEN]);
+    const options = ['verify-pat'];
+    execa.sync('vsce', options);
   } catch (e) {
     throw new SemanticReleaseError(`Invalid vsce token. Additional information:\n\n${e}`, 'EINVALIDVSCETOKEN');
   }