Projects Browser

VS Code extension to show all your projects in a dedicated side bar. Inspired from:

• Repositories
• Project Manager

Features

• Define via settings a list of folders to scan for projects
• Supports different type of projects
• Display found projects in a tree view
• Customize the icons used to display folders and projects
• Add selected projects to a dedicated favorites subview
• Open projects in current window or new window

Supported projects types

• Git: identified by presence of .git folder inside project folder
• VS Code: identified by presence of .vscode folder inside project folder
• Idea: identified by presence of .idea folder inside project folder

Extension Settings

Command	Description	Default Value
projectsBrowser.defaultProjectIcon	Default icon to use for projects	Codicon git-branch
projectsBrowser.defaultFolderIcon	Default icon to use for folders	Codicon folder
projectsBrowser.promptOpenConfirmation	Confermation pop up when opening in current window	true
projectsBrowser.rootFolders	Configuration Json for folders in which to look for projects, see section for complete example	[]

Projects Folders

Projects folders need to be configured via settings.json and have the following structure:

{
    "projectsBrowser.rootFolders": [
        {
            "rootFolder": "path/to/projects/root",
            "recurseAfterFirstHit": false,
            "maxDepth": 1,
            "projectsType": "git|vscode|idea",
            "customIcons": [
                {
                    "matcher": "regex to match, applys to full path",
                    "icon": "icon codicon name or path to custom icon",
                    "applysTo": "folder|project"
                }
            ]

        }
    ]
}

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release