Updating west workspace regularly ensures that your west workspace state is matching with the state of the manifest repository's west manifest file. This is required in several situations, for example when you check out a different revision in your manifest repository. Your workspace needs to be updated to include the project repositories that the new revision expects.
The extension will generally display a warning or notification about the need to update the west workspace.
To update a west workspace manually, you can use one of the following options:
- In the Command Palette: the
nRF Connect: West Updatecommand. - In the Welcome View: the Run west update action under Manage SDKs > Manage West Workspace.
In either case, a notification appears and west begins to update.