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I Hate Comments
Because your code should explain itself, and comments are just essays written by developers who love typing.
Why This Exists
Comments Lie : Code changes, comments stay outdated for eternity.Save Bandwidth : Why transmit 500 lines of developer diary entries to production?AI Is Overkill : You do not need a massive language model just to delete // TODO: fix this later.Pure Syntax Engine : Strips comments deterministically without touching URLs, strings, or shebangs.
What It Does
One-Click Purge : Right-click any selection or document and select Remove Comments .30+ Language Rules : Full support for JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, HTML, CSS, C/C++, Java, Go, Rust, PHP, SQL, Lua, Shell, and more.String & URL Safe : Advanced state-machine parser guarantees strings like "https://example.com#section" are never ruined.Directive Aware : Option to keep critical linter rules (like eslint-disable or @ts-ignore) while erasing everything else.
Quick Usage
Open any file in VS Code.
Select a block of code (or leave unselected to process the whole file).
Right-click anywhere and choose Remove Comments .
Watch the fluff disappear.
Configuration
Custom options accessible via VS Code Settings:
Setting Key
Default
Description
smartCommentRemover.preserveShebangtrueKeeps top shebang lines like #!/usr/bin/env node intact
smartCommentRemover.preserveDirectivesfalsePreserves linter/compiler flags like eslint-disable
smartCommentRemover.collapseEmptyLinestrueCollapses blank lines created by comment removal
Local Development
git clone https://github.com/TanmoyFRu/I-Hate-Comments.git
cd I-Hate-Comments
npm install
npm run compile
npm test
License
MIT
