I have been wondering if vscode supports it in the cli and found out that it is. You can just use the -r --reuse-window flag.
To open the current folder in existing vscode:
code -r .
or any other folder:
code -r any/path
Reference:
code --help
Visual Studio Code 1.50.1
Usage: code [options][paths...]
To read from stdin, append '-' (e.g. 'ps aux | grep code | code -')
Options
-d --diff <file> <file> Compare two files with each other.
-a --add <folder> Add folder(s) to the last active window.
-g --goto <file:line[:character]> Open a file at the path on the specified line and character position.
-n --new-window Force to open a new window.
-r --reuse-window Force to open a file or folder in an already opened window.
--folder-uri <uri> Opens a window with given folder uri(s)
--file-uri <uri> Opens a window with given file uri(s)
-w --wait Wait for the files to be closed before returning.
--locale <locale> The locale to use (e.g. en-US or zh-TW).
--user-data-dir <dir> Specifies the directory that user data is kept in. Can be used to open multiple distinct
instances of Code.
-h --help Print usage.
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