Git Project Manager

Git Project Manager (GPM) is a Microsoft VSCode extension that allows you to open a new window targeting a git repository directly from the VSCode window.

Available commands

Currently there are 3 avaliable commands, all of them can be accessed via the VSCode command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows and Cmd+Alt+P on Mac) by typing GPM.

GPM: Open Git Project (Defaults to: Ctrl+Alt+P)

Shows a list of the available git repositories in all folders configured in "gitProjectManager.baseProjectsFolders". The first time its opened, it searches all folders, after that it uses a cached repository info.

GPM: Refresh Projects

This command refreshes the cached repositories info for all configured folders.

GPM: Refresh specific project folder

This command allows you to select a specific folder and refresh its repositories, without refreshing all folders.

GPM: Open Recent Git Project (Defaults to Ctrl+Shift+Q)

This command opens a list of your most recent git projects, letting you swap even faster between them.

The size of the list is configured in "gitProjectManager.recentProjectsListSize".

Available settings

Before you can start using GPM, you need to configure the base folders that the extension will use to search for git repositories. Edit settings.json from the File -> Preferences -> Settings and add the following config:

    {
        "gitProjectManager.baseProjectsFolders": [
            "/home/user/nodeProjects",
            "/home/user/personal/pocs"
        ]
    }

Another available configuration is "gitProjectManager.storeRepositoriesBetweenSessions" that allows git repositories information to be stored between sessions to avoid the waiting time when you first load the repositories list. It's set to false by default.

   {
       "gitProjectManager.storeRepositoriesBetweenSessions": true
   }

To improve performance there are 2 new and important configurations:

1. ignoredFolders: an array of folder names that will be ignored (node_modules for example)

   {
       "gitProjectManager.ignoredFolders": ["node_modules"]
   }

2. maxDepthRecursion: indicates the maximum recursion depth that will be searched starting in the configured folder (default: 2)

   {
       "gitProjectManager.maxDepthRecursion": 4
   }

In version 0.1.10 we also added the "gitProjectManager.checkRemoteOrigin" configuration that allows users to not check remote repository origin to improve performance:

   {
       "gitProjectManager.checkRemoteOrigin": false
   }

Added in version 0.1.12, you can configure the behavior when opening a project if it will be opened in the same window or in a new window. (this option is ignored if there aren't any opened folders in current window)):

    {
        "gitProjectManager.openInNewWindow": false
    }

Participate

If you have any idea, feel free to create issues and pull requests.