codew-cli

codew

Open folder as a vscode multi-root workspace.

Example with Auto Colorize

Motivation

VSCode's workspace can keep its own settings such as themes, but they are stored in directory inside it if you open a directory via code <folder>.

Unlike other settings, themes are per-user preferences, which you don't want to include them in your repository.

You can avoid this to create seperate .code-workspace file (which is called Multi-root Workspace), though, where should it store? How can it be called easily?

This tool bypasses that work with codew command.

Recap VSCode Workspaces

VSCode opens folder as Single-folder workspaces if you opened with code <folder>. Against that, if you opened with .code-workspace, VSCode treats it as Multi-root Workspace.

One difference between them is Where the settings are stored. The former is stored within folder itself, and the latter is stored in standalone .code-workspace file.

See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/workspaces#_singlefolder-workspaces more details.

Install

npm

npm i -g codew-cli

yarn

yarn global add codew-cli

pnpm

pnpm add -g codew-cli

Also, make sure that code command is installed. (Hit code -v, otherwise follow here)

Usage

Hit codew instead of code. Then it opens folder as a Multi-root Workspace.

Example:

# open current directory as a multi-root workspace
codew .

Workspace settings (.code-workspace) are automatically created and stored in $HOME/.codew/workspaces.

See also

• Auto Colorize
  • VSCode extension to automatically colorize workspace

Uninstall

Hit uninstall command, for example, npm rm -g codew-cli, yarn global remove codew-cli, pnpm rm -g codew-cli.

Also, if you want to clean settings (including .code-workspace), remove $HOME/.codew.