TypeScript Barrel Generator
❓ Why
Working with TypeScript? Want to make your TypeScript imports cleaner? Use this extension to easily export all modules to a barrel index.ts file.
Info: A "barrel" is a way to rollup exports from several modules into a single convenient module. The barrel itself is a module file that re-exports selected exports of other modules.
Example:
// folder/index.ts
export * from './foo';
export * from './bar';
✨ Functionalities
The extension allows you to manually or automatically export the modules to a barrel file. For the automatic way, you first have to create a listener for the folder for which you want to create the automated export.
In both the manual and automatic way, an index.ts file will be created with a reference to all the folder/files in the current directory.
Info: If there are folders/files you want to get excluded from the export, you can do this by right-clicking on the folder/file and clicking on the TypeScript: Exclude folder/file from export.
Manual creation
Module creation by listener
Info: When a folder listener is added, it will be visible in the TypeScript - Export Listeners view. By clicking on the folder names, you will automatically open the index.ts file.
Removing a listener
Folder listeners can be removed by right-clicking on the folder name in the TypeScript - Export View.
Excluding folder(s)/file(s)
If there are specific folders or files you want to exclude from your module, you can do this by right-clicking on the file, and click on the TypeScript: Exclude folder/file from export menu action.
Include previously excluded folder(s)/file(s)
When you already excluded a folder or file, and want to include these again into your module export, you can do this from the TypeScript - Export View. Under the Excluded folders & files section, right-click on the folder or file to include and click Include to export.
⚙️ Configuration / Settings
The extension makes use of the following settings:
| Setting |
Description |
Type |
Default |
exportall.config.includeFoldersToExport |
Specifies if folder (which contain a index.ts file) will also be included in the module export. |
boolean |
true |
exportall.config.exclude |
Specify which files you want to exclude the index.ts file. Works on the whole filename or part of the filename. |
string[] |
['.test.', '.spec.'] |
exportall.config.folderListener |
Specify the relative paths for the folder listeners. This will make it possible to automatically generate the module export once a file gets added/updated/removed within the specified folder. |
string[] |
[] |
exportall.config.relExclusion |
Specify the relative folder/file paths to exclude from the export. |
string[] |
[] |
exportall.config.semis |
Specify if you want to enable/disable the usage of semis in the barrel file. |
boolean |
true |
exportall.config.quote |
Specify the character that you want to use as the quoting character; typically ' or ". |
string |
' |
💪 Contribute
Experiencing any issues, or got feedback to share? Feel free to raise this in the issue list of the repo: issues.
🔑 License
MIT
