Detect unsaved files

[wakatime]

Detect unsaved files

[alanhamlett]

We can add a --transient argument to https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime and pass the language from VS Code with --alternate-language=<language>. However, it would need to be opt-in since most people wouldn't like seeing Unknown Project with only a few seconds logged before they saved the file.

[mpearon]

Evidently, I missed this question! I'm sorry.
I'm not sure about that. It could simply be 'Unsaved' or 'Uncommitted'. That would give the hint that the user was working interactively, or something.

[mpearon]

@alanhamlett - Is this something you might look at?

[mpearon]

@alanhamlett - I would think an opt-in feature would be perfectly acceptable.

[mpearon]

@alanhamlett - Is this still being considered?

[alanhamlett]

Yes, another option would be writing the first 512kb of the unsaved file to a temporary file then a new argument --entity-temp-file that tells wakatime-cli where to find the temporary file for the unsaved file. That way we use the existing language and project detection when tracking unsaved files.

[alanhamlett]

@mpearon what would the filename be set to when displayed on a project's dashboard? WakaTime can detect project, branch, language but not the name of the file without being saved.

[mpearon]

@alanhamlett Is this still a consideration?

[mpearon]

Just a reminder. :)

[gandarez]

@alanhamlett any update here?

[gandarez]

Can VSCODE detect unsaved entity and set --is-unsaved-entity flag @alanhamlett?

[alanhamlett]

We currently do this for sql queries because they're not saved to disk. We can do this for unsaved files too.