Roo Git

A Visual Studio Code extension for Git operations with a convenient sidebar interface.

Features

• Sidebar view for Git operations
• Toggle visibility with the Git icon in the activity bar
• React-based UI for a modern experience
• TypeScript for type safety
• Styled with CSS using VS Code's theme variables

Installation

You can install this extension directly from the VS Code marketplace or by downloading the VSIX file and installing it manually.

Manual Installation

1. Download the VSIX file from the releases page
2. Open VS Code
3. Go to Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X)
4. Click on the "..." menu in the top-right of the Extensions view
5. Select "Install from VSIX..." and choose the downloaded file

Usage

1. Click on the Git icon in the activity bar to open the Roo Git sidebar
2. Use the interface to perform Git operations
3. Toggle the sidebar by clicking the Git icon again

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• npm or yarn
• Visual Studio Code

Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Run npm install to install dependencies
3. Run npm run compile to build the extension and webview

Running the Extension

1. Press F5 to open a new window with your extension loaded
2. The Roo Git icon should appear in the activity bar
3. Click on the icon to open the sidebar view

Making Changes

• Extension code is in the src directory
• React webview code is in the webview/src directory
• After making changes to the extension code, restart the extension development host
• After making changes to the webview code, run npm run compile:webview and reload the webview

For more detailed development guidelines, see CONTRIBUTING.md.

How it Works

The extension creates a webview in the sidebar and loads the bundled React application into it. The React application can communicate with the extension using the VS Code API.

Extension to Webview Communication

The extension can send messages to the webview using the webview.postMessage() method.

Webview to Extension Communication

The webview can send messages to the extension using the vscode.postMessage() method, which is acquired through the acquireVsCodeApi() function.

Building and Packaging

To build and package the extension:

npm run vscode:prepublish
vsce package

This will compile both the extension and webview, and create a VSIX file that can be installed in VS Code.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.