test: Tighter integration with act

.github/workflows/testAndSanity.yml

@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@ jobs:
     name: Tests / Build / Sanity Run
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Check out the repo
+      - name: Check out the repo (gha)
+        if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
           persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Check out the repo (act)
+        if: ${{ env.ACT }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
       - name: Use Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f #6.3.0
         with:

.vscode/extensions.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "sanjulaganepola.github-local-actions",
+        "github.vscode-github-actions"
+    ]
+}