Vscode-project-manager: Does not create the projects.json file

[ngryman]

Hey, I've just installed your extension and it seems that the projects.json file is not created. When I browse to the default path /Users/xxx/Library/Application Support/Code/User I only can see a projects_cache_git.json file. Also, executing a Save Project command displays me an error message.

The only settings I've customized are as follows:

{
  "projectManager.git.baseFolders": [
    "/Users/xxx/Projects"
  ],
  "projectManager.git.maxDepthRecursion": 1
}

I'm running VSCode 1.19.2 and High Sierra 10.13.2.

[alefragnani]

Hi @ngryman ,

If you use projectManager.git.baseFolders (or svn / vscode), the projects are _automatically detected_ an so, no projects.json file is created, only the _caches_. There is no need to Save a Project (listed from your git config).

You should use the Save Project command to store non-git/svn/vscode projects, which are not _automatically detected_.

But even in this scenario, the command _must work_. Could you please paste the error message, and also the Console output from Help / Toggle Developer Tools?

Hope this helps

[ngryman]

Hey @alefragnani,

Thanks for the explanaton, gotcha. I'm trying to use your extension with this Alfred workflow. And it seems that he relies on the projects.json file to display all the available projects.

Do you think it would be possible to always create this projects.json so 3rd party tools leveraging your extension could always rely on that file? If not, what should I propose to the developer of this workflow to make it work with versioned projects?

Save Project actually works now 😮 I guess it happened to me just after installing the extension 🤷‍♂️

Thanks!

[alefragnani]

Hi @ngryman ,

That's cool! I didn't know about this extension. That's really fun to see the projects available in Alfred 😄

The projects.json is really not necessary, because you may choose to use only _auto-detected_ projects (git, svn, vscode). And even if I add an empty file, the autodetected projects will not appear.

I think the correct approach is to suggest the Alfred Workflow extension to support auto-detected projects, merging the results with the projects available in projects.json (if any).

Hope this helps.

[ngryman]

Hey @alefragnani, thanks for the suggestion! I've contacted the author and proposed your change.