Git City: Pulse
Your building's transmitter. When you code, it pulses. The city lights up.
How it works
- Generate your API key at thegitcity.com (click "coding now" in the top bar)
- Install this extension
- Run
Cmd+Shift+P > "Pulse: Connect" and paste your key
- Start coding. Your building starts transmitting in ~30 seconds.
When you're coding, your building glows in the city and you appear in the live feed. Stop coding and it fades after a few minutes.
Commands
| Command |
Description |
Pulse: Connect |
Link your building to the city |
Pulse: Disconnect |
Unlink your building |
Pulse: Toggle |
Pause/resume your transmitter |
Pulse: Open City |
Open Git City in your browser |
Status bar
The status bar shows your transmitter state:
$(broadcast) Pulse: Transmitting - Your building is live in the city$(circle-outline) Pulse: Standby - Waiting for you to code$(circle-slash) Pulse: Off - Transmitter paused$(plug) Pulse: Disconnected - No API key set
Click the status bar item to toggle your transmitter on/off.
Privacy
You control what gets transmitted.
| Data |
Public? |
Can disable? |
| Username |
Yes (your GitHub login) |
No (identifies your building) |
| Language |
Yes (e.g. "TypeScript") |
Yes, via gitCity.privacy.shareLanguage |
| Project name |
No, never public |
Yes, via gitCity.privacy.shareProject |
| Branch name |
No, never public |
Excluded with project |
| File paths |
Never sent |
N/A |
| Code contents |
Never sent |
N/A |
What is never collected: file contents, code, diffs, clipboard, terminal output, file paths, or any intellectual property.
Project names are stored server-side for your personal analytics only. They are never shown to other users, never included in any public API, and never broadcast. You can disable sending them entirely.
Privacy settings
Open VS Code Settings (Cmd+,) and search for "Git City":
gitCity.privacy.shareLanguage - Share the programming language (default: on)gitCity.privacy.shareProject - Send project name for personal analytics (default: on)gitCity.privacy.excludeProjects - List of project names to never track (e.g. ["secret-project", "client-work"])gitCity.enabled - Disable all transmission entirelygitCity.idleTimeout - Seconds of inactivity before standby (default: 300)
