mohitsinghs/vscode-repo

VSCode extension to switch between repositories with ease

Repositories

Switch between repositories with ease
_{Fastest way to access your local repositories within VSCode}

Features

• Switch Repositories: Easily switch between repositories.
• Auto Repository Detection: Automatically detect Git repositories.
• View Options: Choose between tree or list view.
• Status Bar Integration: See the current repository in the status bar.
• Gitignore Friendly: Respects your .gitignore settings.

Demo

Commands

• Repositories: Edit configuration - Opens configuration for the repo and allows controlling root paths and scan depth.
• Repositories: List Repos - Opens a quick pick list of repositories to switch.

Settings

Setting	Description	Default Value
repositories.treeAsDefault	Use tree view as the default.	false
repositories.sortByName	Sort tree view by repository names.	false
repositories.showInStatusBar	Show the current project in the status bar.	true
repositories.preferBundled	Prefer bundled binary; fallback to PATH binary.	true

Platform Support

The extension is available on all major platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. However, while it's generally compatible with these platforms, please note that testing is more extensive on some platforms than others. If you encounter any issues on your specific platform, feel free to raise an issue with relevant details.

Warning

If you are using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), please be aware that full support might be limited. In WSL, the repo cli needs to be installed, and it may not work correctly if the PATH is not inherited. You can set repositories.preferBundled to false to always use the binary from the PATH instead of bundled one. For more information, refer to #2 and #4.

Inspirations

• Project Manager
• Rust Analyzer

vscode-repo's Issues

Feature request: open in new window

Hi 👋 Thanks again for getting this working on a mac 🥳

Any chance of adding an open-in-new-window button to the repos list?

Add windows support

• Move tree builder logic to rust. ( binary + extension )
• Enable tree view on Windows. ( extension )

Does not detect repos

Let me know if there's any debug info I can send

Windows: Include repositories from WSL

I am using vscode on windows 10 but mainly using WSL2 so 90% of my repositories are in WSL.
By default, the extension shows windows' repository but not the WSL ones, but is would be nice to display both windows & WSL repositories.

Workaround :

• go to %userprofile%\.vscode\extensions\mohitsingh.repo-0.2.2-win32-x64\bin
• run repo.exe init
• edit %APPDATA%\repo.yml and add the following

roots: 
  # host paths
  - path: c:\users\xxxxx  # put your home directory here
  # wsl paths
  - path: \\wsl$\YOUR_WSL_DISTRIB_NAME\home\YOUR_USERNAME\

• now it should properly show both windows & wsl repositories

How to configure paths?

i tried it like this:

roots:

• /Users/mymac/htdocs/

but it won't work, can you please help me with that

Detect and scan WSL roots and other remotes

See #2
As of now, WSL2 does not provide any reliable way to retrieve home directories and even if we add them manually, traversal is really slow from Windows.