📦 Paste Project Structure

A VS Code extension to instantly generate a project’s folder & file structure from a text file!

🌟 Introduction

Creating boilerplate folder structures by hand can be slow and repetitive.
Paste Project Structure helps you generate entire project directories from a single text file.

Simply write your desired structure in project-structure.txt, run the command, and watch your project appear in seconds!

✨ Features

• 🚀 Generate folders & files instantly from a single .txt file
• 📂 Supports nested directories
• 🛠️ Auto-creates empty files if they don’t exist
• ⚡ Works with indentation & tree-style ASCII diagrams
• 🐞 Simple error messages when things go wrong

🖥️ How It Works / Usage

1. Open a workspace (project folder) in VS Code.

2. Create a file in your extension folder named project-structure.txt.

3. Define your structure, for example:

   src/
   ├── components/
   │   └── ChatContainer.jsx
   ├── App.jsx
   package.json
   README.md
   
   

4. Run the command:

Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P on Mac) Search for Paste Project Structure Hit Enter ✅

5. Your project folders and files will be created instantly.

📋 Requirements

Visual Studio Code v1.70.0 or later

Node.js (only for development of the extension itself, not required for end users)

⚙️ Extension Settings / Configuration

Currently, no custom settings are required. Future versions may add options like:

Custom root file name

Auto-populating boilerplate code

🐞 Known Issues

ASCII tree lines (├──, └──, │) must be formatted correctly.

Overlapping or misaligned indentation may lead to misplaced files.

Please report issues via GitHub Issues .

📜 Release Notes 0.0.2

📝 Updated README with professional documentation

🎨 Improved structure parsing logic

0.0.1

🚀 Initial release

📦 Supports nested folders & empty files

✅ Guidelines / Best Practices

Always start with a clean workspace folder

Use 4 spaces per indentation level

Double-check your project-structure.txt before running the command

Keep your tree diagrams clean for best results

📚 Resources

VS Code Extension API Docs

Publishing Extensions Guide

🎉 Closing Line

Stop wasting time manually setting up boilerplate! Try Paste Project Structure today and build projects faster ⚡.

👨‍💻 Author

Developed with ❤️ by Abhishek Hiremath

• 🌐 GitHub
• 💼 LinkedIn
• 📧 Email: abhishekhiremath215@example.com