Git baseFolders doesn't seem to be working on mac OS

[codingmatty]

I have tried a few different things, but I assume something like this was supposed to work:

"projectManager.git.baseFolders": [
    "~/Projects/"
],

or at least this:

"projectManager.git.baseFolders": [
    "/Users/<username>/Projects/"
],

[ghost]

👍

[alefragnani]

Hi @codingmatty ,

Yes, it should work. It wil look for git repos inside that folder, recursively. Just remember that in Mac/Linux, the folders are _case sensitive _.

@BonDoQ , could you help me again, and test this config in your Mac 😃 ?

[amitosdev]

Same issue here.

[nsomar]

I am facing a similar issue. When I refresh the projects its start looking but it stops and only shows a subset of the git projects I have.

Here are my settings

    "projectManager.vscode.baseFolders": [
        "/Users/.../Documents"
    ],
    "projectManager.vscode.maxDepthRecursion": 10,
    "projectManager.cacheProjectsBetweenSessions": true,
    "projectManager.showProjectNameInStatusBar": true

[amitosdev]

So, it worked for me with this setting. Just like @alefragnani wrote (sorry for the miss understanding):

"projectManager.git.baseFolders": [
        "/Users/user.name/Projects/"
    ]

[alefragnani]

Good to know @TalAmitOS 🎉

What was the catch? Case-sensitive folders?

[amitosdev]

Actually nothing new. I just replace:

"projectManager.git.baseFolders": [
    "~/Projects/"
]

With:

"projectManager.git.baseFolders": [
        "/Users/user.name/Projects/"
]

And refresh the projects list.

[alefragnani]

@codingmatty @RobertDessin @oarrabi are your git projects right at the base folder, or in any subfolder?

By the way, the detection is fairly simple. It just looks for a folder called .git with a file config inside. It does not make any kind of git repo validation/authentication. Also, if you use the cacheProjectsBetweenSessions as true, you should run the Refresh command, if you update the baseFolders setting.

Let me know if you have any success

[ghost]

@alefragnani ok, cool. Actually with "projectManager.cacheProjectsBetweenSessions" : true it suddenly works. great. Thanks

[alefragnani]

• @RobertDessin
• @TalAmitOS
• @codingmatty
• @oarrabi

[monomadic]

I also had this problem, and only solved it by the suggestions above, setting "projectManager.cacheProjectsBetweenSessions": true and stating the full, absolute path (including your actual username, so for me it was "/Users/rob/Projects/").

It would be great if we could add this to the documentation for the plugin, or better yet add support for ~ or $home, as dictated by the documentation currently. Also mentioning the caching requirement would help other users.

Another small thing for me was, I simply wanted a way to quickly open folders 1 level deep in my ~/Projects directory. For me, the plugin is picking up git projects but not non-git directories. I guess it's a minor annoyance as I should probably be running git init anyway, but I do have a lot of throwaway projects I never intend to check into git.

Thanks for this fantastic plugin!

[alefragnani]

Hi @RobSaunders ,

Yes, this settings xxx.baseFolders only works with full path, at least for now 😄 . The support for variables will be addressed in #88 .

About the directories that are not recognized, well, the detection is made checking for git repositories, which means that it contains .git directory with a config file inside. It don't run any git command (like init) to be sure. It is just a lazy check. There is no setting available to any kind of folder yet, and I don't know if this would be a good idea (thinking about the side effects). If you think this scenario is a must have, pleas open another issue and I could handle it with another setting.

I will close this issue now, since the use of variables for xxx.baseFolders will be treated in #88.

[pookdeveloper]

Not work for me

"projectManager.git.baseFolders": [
'/Users/davidgarcia/Desktop/ionic'
]

[alefragnani]

Hi @pookdeveloper ,

Could you provide more details about what are,you experiencing?

Does it show the Refresh notification or not? is the Side Bar visible? Are you using using the correct case for the path?

[pookdeveloper]

Hi @pookdeveloper ,

Could you provide more details about what are,you experiencing?

Does it show the Refresh notification or not? is the Side Bar visible? Are you using using the correct case for the path?

Yes @alefragnani the notification is showing but when I refresh the panel, it doesn't show the new folders of git projects.
The path that u put is putting in the terminal "pwd" of my folder that contains the projects.

Video of the behaviour: https://share.vidyard.com/watch/pthLc1K7RWeecLqYJjuUaB?

[alefragnani]

Hi @pookdeveloper ,

Are all (5) folders Git repos? Also, is any of them, or the ionic folder itself, a hard/soft link instead of regular folders?

[pookdeveloper]

Hi @pookdeveloper ,

Are all (5) folders Git repos? Also, is any of them, or the ionic folder itself, a hard/soft link instead of regular folders?

@alefragnani all are regulars folders and github projects I clone the repo using the gitkrakren app

[alefragnani]

It should work just fine. It just checks for .git/config file (no repo check/ validation btw) and returns the folder. There are only two limitations:

• symlink
• inside remotes

You could check Toggle Developer Tools for errors, but today there is no debug/log to turn on.

You should wait for an update to add debug/log messages

[pookdeveloper]

@alefragnani the problem is simple quote in the routeXD
NOT WORKS:
"projectManager.git.baseFolders": [
'/Users/davidgarcia/Desktop/ionic'
],

WORKS:
"projectManager.git.baseFolders": [
"/Users/davidgarcia/Desktop/ionic"
],

[pookdeveloper]

@alefragnani I can use regex? for all folders in "/Users/davidgarcia/Desktop/*", and not use:
"/Users/davidgarcia/Desktop/ionic",
"/Users/davidgarcia/Desktop/loopback",....
Thanks

[alefragnani]

That's great to see it works. I really missed that simple/double quote typo.

About regex, not yet. It's being tracked in #309. Upvote there 👍.