This is simple extension that allows to synchronize active terminal with the directory of the active document.
It is very surprising, but it seems there is no extension that does just it. No new terminal, no code run, just simple cd to the directory of the active document.
It has been verified to work with bash and zsh on Linux (probably with other shell too) and with Powershell on Windows.
Press Shift+Ctrl+P and select Sync Terminal with Active Document. The extension checks the location of the file in the active editor and sends the cd command to the active terminal.
If you want, you can assign a keybinding of your choice to this command with Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts.
You may also set the terminalSync.followActiveEditor configuration option to true to automatically follow the active editor. However, you should use it with case, as the extension has no way of knowing if the current process in the terminal is a shell or something else.
This extension contributes the following setting:
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terminalSync.followActiveEditor: Automatically change directory in the terminal when the active editor changes. -
terminalSync.lineClearKey: Key sent to the terminal to clear the content of the current line. By default, the extension sendsCtrl+C, which should work with any shell, however it leaves ugly artifacts in the terminal.
The extension simply sends cd... command to the terminal. It does not check if the current process is a shell or anything else. For this reason setting terminalSync.followActiveEditor to true is not recommended.
See the changelog