Build targets in sidebar

[Hugovdberg]

It would be nice to have a panel in the sidebar that lists all the targets in the Snakefile so you can quickly run a target, perhaps including a [Force run] button, and an option to quickly jump to the definition.

A plain text mockup:

• all [> [!> [\
• download_data [> [!> [\
• preprocess_data [> [!> [\

using the following definitions for the symbold:

• [> Run selected rule, call snakemake {rule}
• [!> Force run selected rule, call `snakemake --force {rule}
• [\ Edit rule definition, open file and go to line

Some things that need to be considered:

• [ ] visualise modular rules
• [ ] handle multiple open folders in the current workspace
• [ ] select profile to use (per open folder)
• [ ] how and when to update the list of rules as building the list can be slow
• [ ] visualise running rules, can we allow starting multiple rules in parallel?

Finally, I don't have any experience building VS Code plugins, but I figure it should be possible.

[johanneskoester]

That is a great idea! I am happy to take a PR.

[Hugovdberg]

Do you have more things we should consider when developing this?