Add a source modification tag to selected lines in RPGLE, CLP/CLLE, and SQL source files at a fixed column, using the right comment style for each (//, /* */, --).
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
Adds a source modification tag to selected lines in RPGLE, CLP/CLLE, and SQL source files at a fixed column, using the right comment style for each — so changes are easy to trace back to a change/PTF/ticket number.
Usage
Select one or more lines in the editor (multiple selections are supported).
Right-click and choose iTagger: Add Source Tag, or run the command from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P).
Enter a tag (max 10 characters), e.g. 0084.
Optionally enter a tag column for this run only — leave it blank to use the configured default (itagger.tagColumn).
The extension works on any file type. RPGLE (and everything else) gets //tag comments; CLP and CLLE source files get /* tag */ comments; SQL source files get -- tag comments.
Placement rules
Given a 100-character line and a tag column of 90 (both configurable):
Room before column 90 — the line is padded with spaces and the tag (e.g. //0084, /* 0084 */, or -- 0084 depending on file type) is placed starting at column 90.
Code already reaches column 90, but the line isn't full — the tag is appended right after the existing text, separated by a single space.
No room left on the line — a tag-only line is inserted immediately before and immediately after the code line, starting at column 1 and marked tag-begin / tag-end, so the original line is left untouched.
CL/CLLE/CLP continuation statements
A CL command that spans multiple physical lines via a trailing + (general continuation) or - (continuing a quoted character-string literal) is treated as one logical statement, not tagged line-by-line — a statement can mix both across its lines. Selecting any line that's part of the statement is enough — iTagger follows the continuation chain to find the statement's true start and end:
Rules 1/2 apply to the statement's last physical line only.
Rule 3, if triggered, sandwiches the entire statement block with /* tag-begin */ / /* tag-end */ at column 1, rather than wrapping just the last line.
