VS Code Git Worktrees

A Wrapper for Git Worktree Operations that provides an interactive API so developers can have a better experience.

Purpose of the extension

After creating a ZSH plugin that was responsible for wrapping up my daily git operations(zsh-git-fzf), I found myself very often switching between the terminal and my main Editor(VS Code). So I decided to create an extension for my main Editor that would help me avoid switching between them and keep everything in one tool.

Requirements

• Git version >= 2.34.1

Multiple Workspaces

This project supports multiple workspaces, allowing users to organize and manage their projects in separate spaces. If you have opened more than one project, you will be asked to select the workspace in which you want to run the operation. If you have only one project opened, it will be selected as the default workspace.

To select a workspace, simply choose from the list of available workspaces when prompted. Once you've made your selection, the operation will be executed within the chosen workspace.

Supported operations

• git worktree add [remote-branch] [new-branch]

  Create a new worktree

  Behavior

  • If you do not select a new branch(ESC), you will create a new worktree with the remote branch you typed. This was made for convenience, instead of having git worktree add master master, you can just run git worktree add master.

  • Since the name of the worktree and branch is the same, we validate the user's new-branch input(Relevant issue)

• git worktree list

  Display all worktrees and switch between them

• git worktree remove [worktree-name]

  Remove a worktree

  Behavior

  • If you have untracked or modified files a Popup will be shown at the bottom left of the screen.
    • If you want to force delete the worktree with the untracked or modified files, just click Force delete on the Popup

  Restrictions

  • You cannot delete the same Worktree as the one you are currently working on

Getting started

Steps:

• Install Git Worktree VS Code extension
• Open the palette: CTRL + SHIFT + P
• Search for any available operations
  • Prefix: Git Worktree:

Features/Operations/Error

• Worktree Add (Create)

• Worktree List (Switch)

• Worktree Remove

• Error

  If anything goes wrong a Popup will be shown at the bottom left of the screen

  If you see anything weird, please open an issue

Properties

Property	Type	Default value	Description
vsCodeGitWorktrees.remove.stalledBranches	boolean	false	Removes local(stalled) branches that do not exist on remote
vsCodeGitWorktrees.move.openNewVscodeWindow	boolean	true	Open new vscode window when you switch or create a worktree
vsCodeGitWorktrees.worktrees.dir.path	string	null	Define a directory for all worktrees between your projects
vsCodeGitWorktrees.add.autoPush	boolean	true	Auto push worktree branch after its creation
vsCodeGitWorktrees.add.autoPull	boolean	true	Auto pull worktree branch after its creation

Contribution

• Reporting a bug
• Improving this documentation
• Writing tests
• Sharing this project and recommending it to your friends
• Giving a star on this repository
• TODO

Run the Extension locally

# install dependencies
yarn
# compile code and watch input files
yarn watch
# Then, inside the editor, press F5. This will
# compile and run the extension in a new Extension
# Development Host window.

License

MIT © Alexis Zamanidis