gitattributes extension for Visual Studio Code

An extension for Visual Studio Code that assists you in working with .gitattributes files.

Features

• Language support for .gitattributes files.
• Allows adding a .gitattributes file by pulling files from the alexkaratarakis/gitattributes repository.

Usage

Start command palette (with Ctrl+Shift+P or F1) and start typing gitattributes to see all available commands this extension offers.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

{
    // Number of seconds the list of `.gitattributes` files retrieved from github will be cached
    "gitattributes.cacheExpirationInterval": 86400
}

Roadmap

v0.1

Basic implementation that allows to pull a single .gitattributes file.

v0.2

Support adding multiple .gitattributes files and merging them into a single file.

v0.3

Add language support for .gitattributes files.

v0.4

Merge .gitattributes files smartly by moving * text=auto to the top.

v0.5

Support for caching entire .gitattributes repository and updating only when new commits are available.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md

Licence

See LICENSE

Credits

Icon based on the Git logo by Jason Long.