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Visual Studio Code Extension for Zowe, which lets users interact with z/OS Data Sets, Unix System Services, and Jobs on a remote mainframe instance. Powered by Zowe SDKs.
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Support adding USS directories as workspace folders #2792

Open t1m0thyj opened 7 months ago

t1m0thyj commented 7 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

As a mainframe user who edits USS files with Zowe Explorer, I want to be able to add a USS directory to my VS Code workspace, So that I can easily develop a project hosted in USS on the mainframe

Describe the solution you'd like

Support adding USS directories as a folder in the active VS Code workspace (see screenshot below). Adding an action to the right-click menu on USS session nodes to "Add to Workspace" might also be nice. Consider supporting virtual workspaces for data sets too and loading project config files from the USS directory.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Currently I can enter a USS filter prompt in Zowe Explorer to open a USS directory, but there is no way to automatically re-open it when VS Code is reloaded and I can't view USS files alongside local files in the main Explorer panel.

Additional context

The FileSystemProvider implemented in #2777 lays the groundwork for virtual workspace support. I've created a PoC based on this in the test-fsp-virtual-workspace branch:

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github-actions[bot] commented 7 months ago

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t1m0thyj commented 6 months ago

We may be able to test this extension and model after its behavior: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Kelvin.vscode-sshfs. Thanks to @VitGottwald for suggesting it 🙂

traeok commented 5 months ago

References that would need updated: https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/blob/8103a68ec7195ce900e0751c06d604994ea2e33f/packages/zowe-explorer/src/configuration/Profiles.ts#L43 https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/blob/8103a68ec7195ce900e0751c06d604994ea2e33f/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/profiles/ProfilesCache.ts#L36