TreeForge 🌲

Transform text structures into real folders and files with a single click

TreeForge is a VS Code extension that creates folder and file structures from text representations. It's perfect for quickly scaffolding projects, recreating structures from documentation, or setting up test environments.

Features

• Text to Structure: Convert text representations of folder structures into actual folders and files
• Multiple Formats: Support for indentation-based formats and tree visualization characters (┣, ┃, ┗, etc.)
• Structure Preview: Preview the structure before creating it
• Simple Interface: Right-click and select from the context menu to create or preview
• Smart Detection: Automatically detect files vs folders

Usage

1. Input Your Structure:

   • Enter or paste a text representation of your desired folder structure
   • Select the text (optional - if not selected, the entire document will be used)

2. Create Structure:

   • Right-click and select "TreeForge: Create Folder Structure"
   • Or use the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and search for "TreeForge"
   • Preview the structure and confirm
   • Select a target location
   • Done! Your folders and files are created

3. Preview Only:

   • Right-click and select "TreeForge: Preview Structure"
   • See what will be created without actually creating anything

Supported Structure Formats

TreeForge supports multiple ways to represent folder structures:

Box-Drawing Characters (UTF-8)

project-root
 ┣ src
 ┃ ┣ components
 ┃ ┃ ┗ Button.js
 ┃ ┣ utils
 ┃ ┃ ┗ helpers.js
 ┃ ┗ App.js
 ┣ package.json
 ┗ README.md

Standard Tree Format

project-root
 ├── src
 │   ├── components
 │   │   └── Button.js
 │   ├── utils
 │   │   └── helpers.js
 │   └── App.js
 ├── package.json
 └── README.md

Simple Indentation

project-root
  src
    components
      Button.js
    utils
      helpers.js
    App.js
  package.json
  README.md

Installation

Install directly from the VS Code Marketplace:

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

Requirements

• Visual Studio Code version 1.60.0 or higher

Extension Settings

This extension doesn't add any VS Code settings yet.

Known Issues

• Very complex folder structures with irregular indentation might not parse correctly
• File detection is based on file extensions, so files without extensions might be detected as folders

Release Notes

1.0.0

• Initial release of TreeForge
• Support for multiple structure formats
• Preview functionality
• Context menu integration

Feedback & Contributions

• File issues or feature requests on GitHub
• Rate and review in the VS Code Marketplace

License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License.

Enjoy using TreeForge! 🌲