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Convert a directory into a VSCode workspace from the macOS command line
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# Convert a directory into a VSCode workspace from the macOS command line | |
# Usage | |
# 1. `cd` into a directory containing all the files you'd like to capture within a VSCode workspace | |
# 2. run `$ MakeVSCodeWorkspace` | |
# 3. the command will print the following json snippet in a new .code-workspace file | |
# using the name of the current directory for both the name of the newly created workspace file | |
# and the 'path' value within | |
# | |
# { | |
# "folders": [ | |
# { | |
# "path": "/Users/<username>/<current directory name>" | |
# } | |
# ] | |
# } | |
function MakeVSCodeWorkspace() { | |
directory=$(pwd) | |
echo "$directory" | |
folder=$(echo "${directory}" | sed 's/.*\///g'); | |
echo "$folder" | |
printf "{\n\t\"folders\": [\n\t\t{\n\t\t\t\"path\": \"%s\"\n\t\t}\n\t]\n}" "$directory" >> "${folder}.code-workspace" | |
echo "Open ${folder}.code-workspace in VSCode now? [y|n]" | |
read -r RESPONSE | |
case $RESPONSE in | |
[y]* ) open "${folder}.code-workspace";; | |
[n]* ) echo > /dev/null 2>&1;; | |
* ) echo > /dev/null 2>&1;; | |
esac | |
} | |
export -f MakeVSCodeWorkspace |
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