Question/Suggestion: Rename/Reorganize

[lvanvugt]

The CRS: Rename - Current/All Files (and Reorganize) command can be configured in the settings.json like

    "CRS.ObjectNamePrefix": "PRE",
    "CRS.FileNamePattern": "<ObjectNameShort>.<ObjectTypeShortPascalCase>.al",
    "CRS.FileNamePatternExtensions": "<ObjectNameShort>.<ObjectTypeShortPascalCase>.al",
    "CRS.ExtensionObjectNamePattern": "",
    "CRS.RemovePrefixFromFilename": true

This allows me to configure the rules for the naming of the file(s), but can we also configure the folder structure applied (structure and naming)? If not possible, I would like to suggest this to be added. A couple of examples of folder structures I would like the Rename/Reorganize be able to configure

Example 1

<src folder>
    |_ <feature 1 folder>
        |_ <codeunit folder>
        |_ <page folder>
    |_ <feature 2 folder>
        |_ <codeunit folder>
        |_ <page folder>

Example 2

<feature 1 folder>
    |_ <src folder>
        |_ <codeunit folder>
        |_ <page folder>
<feature 2 folder>
    |_ <src folder>
        |_ <codeunit folder>
        |_ <page folder>

Advantages

• gives me the possibility to organize the code that make up my extension from functional perspective
• could add other (sub) folders that contain functional related information (like ATDD scenario definitions)

[waldo1001]

Hi Luc,

It's how we structure our code a well - but - how do you know which are the features .. and how to put one file in a certain feature folder?

[lvanvugt]

Logical question.

A couple of thoughts (not logically ordered):

• add a feature tag to the source file (like, for example, with ATDD based test codeunits)
  • based on the tag a folder is created where this object is placed in
  • if the object file does not have one it's placed in the root of the workspace
  • how to structure, feature/src or src/feature, could be determined by settings
• let folder structure, feature/src or src/feature, be created based on settings and let developer place object files in the relevant leaf level folder (be it src or feature)
  • re-executing the Rename/Reorganize command will place them in object folders (that will also automatically created)
  • form here on re-executing Rename/Reorganize will not move object files to another feature folder

I think we can come up with a usable/robust scenario.

[waldo1001]

Hm 🤔.

So .. in stead of dragging/dropping one-by-one in the right folder .. i'd have to add a feature tag into the file .. one-by-one. I don't see the gain, really.

We could take it offline and talk about this ;-)