Prints Remover

A powerful VS Code extension that helps you remove console.log, console.error, and other console statements from your code with ease.

Features

• Multiple Scope Options: Remove console logs from current file, specific file, or entire folder
• Selective Console Type Removal: Choose to remove specific console types (log, error, warn, info, debug) or all console statements
• Multi-language Support: Works with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue, Python, Java, C++, and many more languages
• Smart Processing: Preserves comments, handles multi-line statements, and maintains code structure
• Progress Tracking: Real-time progress indication during processing
• Detailed Results: Comprehensive output showing what was removed and any errors encountered

Installation

From VSIX (Recommended)

1. Download the latest .vsix file from the releases
2. In VS Code, go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Click the "..." menu and select "Install from VSIX..."
4. Choose the downloaded .vsix file

From Source

1. Clone this repository
2. Run npm install
3. Run npm run compile
4. Press F5 to launch the extension in a new VS Code window

Usage

Basic Usage

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+P (or Cmd+Shift+P on Mac) to open the command palette
3. Type "Remove Prints" and select the command
4. Follow the prompts to configure your removal preferences

Step-by-Step Process

1. Choose Scope:

   • Current File: Remove console logs from the currently active file
   • Specific File: Select a specific file to process
   • Entire Folder: Process all supported files in a selected folder

2. Select Console Types:

   • console.log only: Remove only console.log statements
   • console.error only: Remove only console.error statements
   • console.warn only: Remove only console.warn statements
   • console.info only: Remove only console.info statements
   • console.debug only: Remove only console.debug statements
   • All console types: Remove all console statements (log, error, warn, info, debug, trace, dir, table, etc.)
   • Custom selection: Choose specific console types to remove

3. Review Results: The extension will show you a summary of what was removed and provide detailed results in the output channel.

Supported File Types

The extension supports a wide range of file types:

• JavaScript (.js, .jsx)
• TypeScript (.ts, .tsx)
• Vue (.vue)
• Svelte (.svelte)
• HTML (.html)
• PHP (.php)
• Python (.py)
• Java (.java)
• C# (.cs)
• C++ (.cpp, .c)
• Go (.go)
• Rust (.rs)
• Swift (.swift)
• Kotlin (.kt)
• Scala (.scala)
• Ruby (.rb)
• Perl (.pl)
• Shell scripts (.sh, .ps1, .bat, .cmd)

Features in Detail

Smart Comment Preservation

• Preserves single-line comments (//, #)
• Preserves multi-line comments (/* */)
• Maintains code structure and indentation

Intelligent Console Detection

• Detects console statements at the beginning of lines
• Handles various console methods (log, error, warn, info, debug, trace, dir, table, etc.)
• Supports different coding styles and formatting

Progress Tracking

• Real-time progress bar during processing
• Shows current file being processed
• Displays completion percentage

Error Handling

• Graceful error handling for file access issues
• Detailed error reporting in output channel
• Continues processing even if individual files fail

Output Channel

• Detailed results for each processed file
• Summary of total files processed and console statements removed
• Error reporting for troubleshooting

Configuration

The extension works out of the box with default settings. No additional configuration is required.

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• npm or yarn
• VS Code

Setup

git clone https://github.com/harsh-govind/prints-remover.git
cd prints-remover
npm install
npm run compile

Building

npm run compile

Testing

npm run test

Packaging

npm run vscode:prepublish

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Support

If you encounter any issues or have feature requests, please open an issue on GitHub.

Changelog

Version 1.0.0

• Initial release
• Support for multiple file types
• Interactive scope and console type selection
• Progress tracking and detailed results
• Smart comment preservation
• Comprehensive error handling