🚀 AskWhy - Why This Code Is Here

Understand unfamiliar code faster, directly inside VS Code.

AskWhy is a VS Code extension that explains selected code in detail — not only what it does, but why it may exist, what it affects, possible risks, improvements, and Git history context.

✨ Features

🔍 Explain Any Selected Code

Select code → right click → Why This Code Is Here?

AskWhy gives you:

• ✅ What the code does
• 🧠 Why it might have been written
• 🧩 Line-by-line explanation
• 📥 Inputs and outputs
• ⚠️ Side effects
• 🐛 Possible bugs and risks
• 🧾 Git history insight
• 👶 Simple “Explain like I’m 10”
• 🚀 Improvement suggestions

🧾 Git History Insights

If the file is inside a Git repository, AskWhy can show:

• Who last changed the file
• When it was changed
• Commit message
• Selected line history

This helps you understand not just the code, but the reason behind the code.

🎯 Why Use AskWhy?

AskWhy is useful when you:

• Join a new project and don’t understand old code
• Work with large codebases
• Review someone else’s code
• Debug unfamiliar logic
• Want to understand side effects before editing
• Need quick code explanation without switching tabs
• Want Git context while reading code

Instead of asking:

“What is this doing?”

AskWhy helps answer:

“Why does this exist, and what happens if I change it?”

🚀 How to Use

1. Open any project in VS Code
2. Open a code file
3. Select the code you want to understand
4. Right-click on the selected code
5. Click:

Why This Code Is Here?