Run vscode as root in WSL2 Ubuntu instance missing user-data-dir option

Question

I want to run vscode as root in my WSL2 Ubuntu instance.

The suggestion seem to be to start code with sudo and specify the user-data-dir.

sudo code --user-data-dir="~/.vscode-root"

However the code cmd dont have this --user-data-dir option (anymore?), any suggestions?

#code --help
code 1.67.0

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.
  -w --wait                         Wait for the files to be closed before returning.
  --locale <locale>                 The locale to use (e.g. en-US or zh-TW).
  -h --help                         Print usage.

Extensions Management
  --list-extensions                   List the installed extensions.
  --show-versions                     Show versions of installed extensions, when using --list-extensions.
  --category <category>               Filters installed extensions by provided category, when using --list-extensions.
  --install-extension <ext-id | path> Installs or updates an extension. The argument is either an extension id or a path to a VSIX. The identifier of an extension is '${publisher}.${name}'. Use '--force' argument to update to latest
                                      version. To install a specific version provide '@${version}'. For example: '[email protected]'.
  --pre-release                       Installs the pre-release version of the extension, when using --install-extension
  --uninstall-extension <ext-id>      Uninstalls an extension.
  --enable-proposed-api <ext-id>      Enables proposed API features for extensions. Can receive one or more extension IDs to enable individually.

Troubleshooting
  -v --version                    Print version.
  --verbose                       Print verbose output (implies --wait).
  --log <level>                   Log level to use. Default is 'info'. Allowed values are 'critical', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace', 'off'.
  -s --status                     Print process usage and diagnostics information.
  --prof-startup                  Run CPU profiler during startup.
  --disable-extensions            Disable all installed extensions.
  --disable-extension <ext-id>    Disable an extension.
  --sync <on | off>               Turn sync on or off.
  --inspect-extensions <port>     Allow debugging and profiling of extensions. Check the developer tools for the connection URI.
  --inspect-brk-extensions <port> Allow debugging and profiling of extensions with the extension host being paused after start. Check the developer tools for the connection URI.
  --disable-gpu                   Disable GPU hardware acceleration.
  --max-memory <memory>           Max memory size for a window (in Mbytes).