Copy Context

Copy files or folder trees into your clipboard as Markdown. Ready to paste into AI, chats, docs, or code reviews.

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🚀 Usage

1. Explorer

   • Select one or more files or folders → right-click → Copy Content
   • Select one or more files or folders → right-click → Copy Tree

2. Editor Tab

   • Right-click a tab title → Copy Content (This Tab) or … (All Open Tabs).

3. Paste anywhere and your Markdown snippet or tree is on the clipboard

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✨ Features

Copy Content

• Explorer: grab paths + syntax-highlighted code blocks for selected files/folders
• Tabs: copy the active file or all open files at once (Unsaved buffers (Untitled) are skipped)
• Respects include/exclude globs, VS Code Explorer excludes & (opt-in) .gitignore

Copy Content

Copy Tree

• Generates a Markdown tree of your selected files/folders
• If you select specific files, only those file paths are included
• If you select folders, the full folder tree and contents are included
• Respects the same filters (globs, Explorer excludes, .gitignore)

Copy Tree

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🔧 Settings

Global Settings

Setting	Default	Description
copyContext.excludeGlobs	[]	Global exclude patterns applied to all commands. Command-specific excludes will be merged with these.
copyContext.includeGlobs	[]	Global include patterns applied to all commands. Command-specific includes will be merged with these.
copyContext.includeEmojis	true	Include emojis in the output (📁 for folders, 📄 for files).
copyContext.pathOutsideCodeBlock	false	Place the file path above the fenced code block (applies to Copy Content and Copy Selection; Copy Tree always keeps the path inside).
copyContext.maxContentSize	500000	Max total size (bytes) of all file contents to copy.
copyContext.respectVSCodeExplorerExclude	true	Skip files/folders hidden by your VS Code files.exclude settings.
copyContext.respectGitIgnore	false	Skip files matching your project's .gitignore (opt-in).

Command-Specific Settings

You can override filters for specific commands. These are merged with the global settings.

Setting	Default	Description
copyContext.copyContent.excludeGlobs	[]	Additional exclude patterns for Copy Content only.
copyContext.copyContent.includeGlobs	[]	Additional include patterns for Copy Content only.
copyContext.copyTree.excludeGlobs	[]	Additional exclude patterns for Copy Tree only.
copyContext.copyTree.includeGlobs	[]	Additional include patterns for Copy Tree only.

Example: Exclude test files globally, but include them when copying content:

{
  "copyContext.excludeGlobs": ["**/*.test.ts"],
  "copyContext.copyContent.includeGlobs": ["**/*.test.ts"]
}

Path placement

Default placement keeps the path inside the fenced block:

```ts
// src/app.ts
const foo = "bar";

Enable `copyContext.pathOutsideCodeBlock` to move the path above the fence (helps AI prompts avoid echoing the path):

```markdown
src/app.ts
```ts
const foo = "bar";

This applies to Copy Content and Copy Selection (with line numbers). Copy Tree always keeps the path inside the plaintext fence.

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## 📜 License

This extension is released under the [MIT License](./LICENSE).