Active/Old Files Organizer

Automatically organize your workspace files into Active and Old groups within your familiar folder structure.

Perfect for large projects like Laravel, Vue, React, and any codebase with hundreds of files. Stop wasting time scrolling through long lists of unused files!

✨ Features

• 🚀 Automatic Organization: Files are automatically grouped by modification date
• 📁 Integrated Structure: Works within your existing folder structure - no separate views
• ⚡ Smart Grouping: Only creates Active/Old groups when folders have enough files
• 🎯 Focus on Recent: Active files (< 30 days) are expanded, old files are collapsed
• 📊 Detailed Logging: See statistics in the Output panel
• ⚙️ Configurable: Customize the active days threshold and minimum files for grouping
• 🔄 Real-time Updates: Automatically refreshes when files change

🎯 Perfect For

• Laravel Projects: Organize migrations, controllers, models by activity
• Vue/React Apps: Sort components, pages, and utilities
• Large Codebases: Any project with 100+ files
• Legacy Projects: Quickly identify unused vs active code

📸 How It Works

Instead of seeing this overwhelming list:

📁 database/migrations/
  📄 2020_01_01_create_users_table.php
  📄 2020_02_15_create_posts_table.php
  📄 2021_03_10_add_column_to_users.php
  📄 2024_08_15_create_orders_table.php  ← Recently modified
  📄 2024_09_01_add_status_to_orders.php ← Recently modified

You see this organized structure:

📁 database/migrations/
  📁 Active (2 files) ← Expanded by default
    📄 2024_08_15_create_orders_table.php
    📄 2024_09_01_add_status_to_orders.php
  📁 Old (3 files) ← Collapsed by default
    📄 2020_01_01_create_users_table.php
    📄 2020_02_15_create_posts_table.php
    📄 2021_03_10_add_column_to_users.php

🚀 Getting Started

1. Install the extension from the VS Code Marketplace
2. Open any workspace with files
3. Look for "Files (Active/Old Organized)" in the Explorer sidebar
4. Enjoy your organized file structure!

⚙️ Configuration

Customize the extension in VS Code Settings:

• Active Days: How many days to consider a file "active" (default: 30)
• Min Files for Grouping: Minimum files in a folder before creating groups (default: 5)

{
  "activeOldOrganizer.activeDays": 30,
  "activeOldOrganizer.minFilesForGrouping": 5
}

📊 Logging

Check the Output panel → ActiveFilesLogger for detailed statistics:

• Total active vs old files
• Breakdown by folder
• Performance metrics

🔧 Development

Want to contribute or modify?

git clone https://github.com/TheMaksoo/active-old-files-organizer.git
cd active-old-files-organizer
npm install
npm run compile
npx vsce package

📝 License

MIT License - feel free to use in your projects!

🙋‍♂️ Support

Found a bug or have a feature request? Open an issue on GitHub!

⭐ If this extension helps you stay organized, please leave a review!