Doit Code - Advanced TODO Task Management

Doit Code is a powerful VS Code extension that combines automatic code scanning for TODOs with manual task management, providing a comprehensive solution for tracking your development tasks.

✨ Features

🔍 Automatic TODO Detection

• Smart Scanning: Automatically scans your workspace for TODO:, FIXME:, HACK:, NOTE:, and BUG: comments
• File Integration: Shows tasks with file location (filename:line) and provides direct navigation
• Real-time Updates: Automatically rescans when files change (configurable)
• Intelligent Validation: Periodically validates that tasks still exist in code files

📝 Manual Task Management

• Quick Add: Create manual tasks with a simple command
• Full CRUD: Edit, complete, and delete tasks easily
• Persistent Storage: Tasks are saved across VS Code sessions

🎛️ Task Operations

• ✅ Mark Complete/Incomplete: Toggle task completion status
• ✏️ Edit Tasks: Modify task descriptions
• 🗑️ Delete Tasks: Remove unwanted tasks
• 📂 Open in File: Navigate directly to TODO comments in code

⚙️ Smart Configuration

• Exclusion Patterns: Skip scanning node_modules, dist, .git, and other common folders
• File Type Filtering: Configure which file extensions to scan
• Size Limits: Skip large files to maintain performance (default: 1MB)
• Custom Patterns: Add your own exclusion rules
• Similarity Detection: Smart text matching to detect when tasks are modified vs new
• Auto-complete: Configurable behavior for deleted tasks

🚀 Getting Started

Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for "Doit Code"
4. Click Install

First Use

1. Open a workspace/folder in VS Code
2. The Doit Tasks panel will appear in the Explorer sidebar
3. Click "Rescan Workspace 🔄" to find existing TODOs
4. Use "Add Manual Task ➕" to create new tasks

📋 Commands

🎯 Task Types

• TODO
• FIXME
• HACK
• NOTE
• BUG

📄 File Tasks (Automatic)

• Detected from code comments: // TODO: Fix this bug
• Show file location and line number
• Can be opened directly in the editor
• Automatically updated when files change
• Intelligent tracking: detects when tasks are modified vs deleted

✋ Manual Tasks

• Created by you for general project tasks
• Not tied to specific code locations
• Fully editable and manageable

⚙️ Configuration

Settings

Access settings via Ctrl+, and search for "Doit Code":

Configuration Example

{
  "doitCode.similarityThreshold": 0.7,
  "doitCode.autoComplete": true,
  "doitCode.validationInterval": 60000,
  "doitCode.excludePatterns": ["**/temp/**", "**/drafts/**", "**/*.backup.*"],
  "doitCode.maxFileSize": 1048576,
  "doitCode.autoScan": true
}

🔍 Configuration Details

similarityThreshold

Controls how similar two tasks must be to be considered the "same" modified task:

• 0.5 (50%) - More flexible, detects major changes as modifications
• 0.7 (70%) - Balanced, recommended for most cases
• 0.9 (90%) - Strict, only very small changes considered modifications

Examples:

• "Implement login" → "Implement login with OAuth" = ~72% similar ✅ (updated)
• "Implement login" → "Create registration page" = ~20% similar ❌ (new task)

autoComplete

Defines behavior when a task is removed from code:

• true - Task is marked as completed and remains in history
• false - Task is permanently deleted from the system

validationInterval

Frequency of automatic validation:

• 30000 (30s) - Frequent validation, recommended for active teams
• 60000 (1min) - Balance between performance and updates
• 120000 (2min) - Less system load, for large projects

Note: Set to 0 to disable automatic validation.

Default Exclusions

The extension automatically excludes these common folders:

• node_modules, dist, build, out, chunks
• .git, .vscode, .idea
• vendor, target, bin, obj
• .next, .nuxt, coverage
• __pycache__, .pytest_cache, venv
• Minified files (.min.js, .bundle.js, etc.)

💡 Usage Examples

Code Comments That Get Detected

// TODO: Implement user authentication
// FIXME: This function causes memory leaks
// HACK: Temporary workaround for API issue
// NOTE: Remember to update documentation
// BUG: Login fails on mobile devices

Supported Comment Styles

# TODO: Add error handling
# FIXME: Optimize this query

<!-- TODO: Add responsive design -->
<!-- FIXME: Fix accessibility issues -->

/* TODO: Implement dark theme */
/* FIXME: Cross-browser compatibility */

🔧 Advanced Usage

Task Lifecycle

1. New Task Detected: When a TODO comment is added to code
2. Task Modified: When comment text changes (detected by similarity)
3. Task Removed: When comment is deleted from code
   • With autoComplete: true → Marked as completed
   • With autoComplete: false → Permanently deleted

Custom Exclusion Patterns

Add patterns to exclude specific files or folders:

1. Use the "Configure Exclusions ⚙️" command
2. Choose "Add exclusion pattern"
3. Enter patterns like:
   • **/temp/** - Exclude all temp folders
   • **/*.test.js - Exclude test files
   • **/docs/** - Exclude documentation

Performance Optimization

• Large files (>1MB) are skipped by default
• File content is cached for 5 seconds to reduce parsing
• Batch processing prevents UI blocking
• Adjust validationInterval for better performance on large projects
• Use exclusion patterns for large dependency folders

Multiple TODOs in Same File

The extension intelligently handles multiple TODOs in a single file:

• Tracks each TODO independently by line number and content
• Detects which TODOs were added, modified, or removed
• Prevents false positives when adding new TODOs alongside existing ones

🛠 Troubleshooting

Tasks Not Appearing

1. Check if auto-scan is enabled: doitCode.autoScan: true
2. Verify file extensions are in supportedFileTypes
3. Ensure files aren't excluded by patterns
4. Try manual "Rescan Workspace 🔄"

Tasks Marked as Completed Incorrectly

1. Increase similarityThreshold (try 0.7 or 0.8)
2. Check that TODO comments follow standard format
3. Ensure file hasn't been excluded accidentally

Tasks Not Updating When Code Changes

1. Save the file after making changes
2. Check validationInterval setting
3. Try manual rescan if automatic detection isn't working

Performance Issues

1. Add more exclusion patterns for large folders
2. Reduce maxFileSize limit
3. Increase validationInterval to reduce validation frequency
4. Limit supportedFileTypes to essential extensions

Missing Context Menu

• Right-click on tasks in the Doit Tasks panel
• Options appear based on task type (file vs manual)

🤝 Contributing

Found a bug or have a feature request?

1. Check existing issues on GitHub
2. Create a detailed bug report or feature request
3. Include VS Code version and extension version

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

📝 Changelog

v1.1.0

• ✨ Intelligent task validation system
• 🎯 Similarity-based task matching
• ⚡ Performance optimizations with caching
• 🔄 Configurable validation intervals
• 🎛️ Auto-complete behavior for removed tasks
• 📊 Better handling of multiple TODOs per file
• 🚀 Batch processing for large workspaces

v1.0.0

• ✨ Initial release
• 🔍 Automatic TODO detection
• 📝 Manual task management
• ⚙️ Configurable exclusions
• 📂 File navigation integration
• 🎯 Performance optimizations

Happy coding with Doit Code! 🚀

Keep your TODOs organized and never lose track of important tasks again.