Path Upward Definition Provider

VS Code extension that enables Go to Definition (F12 / Ctrl+Click) for file paths embedded in plain text.

The extension resolves relative paths by traversing parent directories upward until it finds a matching root folder name.

Features

For relative paths:

Take the first directory name from the path
Start from the current file directory
Traverse upward through parent directories
When a directory name matches the first path segment:
- attempt to resolve the remaining relative path
If the file does not exist:
- continue traversing upward
Stop on the first successful match

Current file:

/test/test1/test2/test3/test.txt

Referenced path:

test1/file.txt

Resolved target:

/test/test1/file.txt

Absolute paths are opened directly if the target file exists.

Example:

/home/user/project/file.txt

C:\Projects\app\file.txt

test1/file.txt
"test1/file.txt"
'test1/file.txt'

code --install-extension path-upward-definition-provider.vsix

Install dependencies:

npm install

Compile:

npm run compile

Run extension host:

The extension will attempt to resolve and open the referenced file.

MIT