VS Code: Open Recent via URI

This VS code extension adds an URI handler to quickly open a project from elsewhere (eg GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket). The name of the project must be present in recent items for this extension to find it. This is the structure of the URI:

Scheme	Authority	Path	Query
vscode://	timmoverlaan.uri-open-recent	/open-or-clone	?project=<PROJECT>&url=<GIT_URL>

Instructions

1. Install this extension
2. From VS Code: Open this repo on GitHub
3. To VS Code: Open or clone this repo in VS Code

Features

• Open (recent) project by URI
• Offer to clone project if not found in recents

Requirements

It's recommended to call the URI from a third party application, eg from a browser.

Extension Settings

Not applicable

Browser integrations

• Open in VS Code (Chrome)