Open in GitHub Desktop from VS Code.

Features

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• Open in GitHub Desktop from command pallete.
• Open in GitHub Desktop from status bar.

Requirements

• GitHub Desktop has been installed.

Tutorial

0. ⬇️ Install Open In GitHub Desktop

Show extension side bar within VS Code(Mac:Command+Shift+X, Windows and Linux: Ctrl+Shift+X), type open-in-github-desktop and press Enter and click Install. Restart VS Code when installation is completed.

1. ➡️ Open In GitHub Desktop

Click item( see screen shot above ) in statub bar or launch Command Palette(Mac:F1 or Shift+Command+P, Windows and Linux: F1 or Shift+Ctrl+P), Execute Open In GitHub Desktop command.

2. 🔧 Next step

You can change settings by settings.json.

Enjoy!

Commands

• Open In GitHub Desktop : Open in GitHub Desktop from VS Code.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings by settings.json( Mac: Command+, Windows / Linux: File -> Preferences -> User Settings ):

• openInGithubDesktop.traversalSearchGitConfig: '.git/config' is also searched from parent folders.
• openInGithubDesktop.traversalSearchGitConfigForCurrentDocument: '.git/config' is searched from parent folders of the currently open text file.
• openInGithubDesktop.statusBar.Label: Label on status bar. Requires a restart to take effect.
• openInGithubDesktop.statusBar.Alignment: Alignment on status bar. Requires a restart to take effect.
• openInGithubDesktop.diagnosticWarning: Warning display when there are error or warning.
• openInGithubDesktop.unsavedWarning: Warning display when there are unsaved existing files.

Github Extension Not Showing In Visual Studio

You can embed icons in the label text by leveraging the syntax:

My text $(icon-name) contains icons like $(icon'name) this one.

Where the icon-name is taken from the octicon icon set, e.g. light-bulb, thumbsup, zap etc.

You can specify unicode characters ( include emoji ) as label text too.

Keyboard shortcut Settings

In default, Open In GitHub Desktop's commands doesn't apply keyboard shortcuts. Althogh,you can apply keyboard shortcuts by keybindings.json( Mac: Code -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts, Windows / Linux: File -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts).

Command name on keybindings.json is diffarent from on Command Pallete. See below table.

Release Notes

see ChangLog on marketplace or github

Visual Studio Code Github Extension

Support

License

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