MultiCopynator — copy files & folders in one click

Select files → right-click → paste anywhere with paths, metadata, and syntax highlighting. That's it.

Ever needed to share a batch of files in a GitHub issue, a PR review, or a chat with your team? Copying them one by one is painful. MultiCopynator turns any selection of files and folders into a single, clean, ready-to-paste text block — complete with relative paths and language-aware code fences.

How to use

1. In the Explorer, select one or more files and/or folders.
2. Right-click → "Copy selection as bundle".
3. Paste wherever you need it — the result is already formatted.

Example output

- Name: `extension.ts`
- Size: `12345 bytes`
- Relative path: `src/extension.ts`
```ts
import * as vscode from 'vscode';
// …file content
```

- Name: `package.json`
- Size: `890 bytes`
- Relative path: `package.json`
```json
{ "name": "my-project" }
```

Why MultiCopynator?

• One click, many files — select as many files and folders as you want; they all end up in your clipboard as a single block.
• Syntax highlighting built-in — code fences with the correct language tag are added automatically based on file extension (100+ extensions supported).
• Smart filtering — binary files are detected and skipped. node_modules, .git, images, PDFs, and zips are ignored by default.
• Safe for large projects — a configurable byte limit prevents accidental huge pastes, with intelligent truncation so you never get a broken output.
• JSON-aware — large JSON files are truncated independently so they don't eat your entire budget.
• Metadata at a glance — each file shows its name, size, and relative path. You choose whether metadata goes inside or outside the code fence.
• Markdown-friendly — .md files are excluded by default to avoid nested fence conflicts, but you can include them if you want.
• Runs everywhere — works in untrusted workspaces (read-only by design) and supports multiple languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese).

Settings

All settings are under multicopy.*:

Default ignore patterns: **/node_modules/**, **/.git/**, **/*.png, **/*.jpg, **/*.jpeg, **/*.gif, **/*.pdf, **/*.zip

Tips

• Perfect for pasting code context into GitHub issues, PR descriptions, ChatGPT, Copilot Chat, or any Markdown-aware surface.
• Bump maxBytes when sharing large codebases; keep your target platform's paste limit in mind.
• Add patterns like **/dist/**, **/*.lock to ignoreGlobs to keep the output lean.

Known limitations

• Binary detection is heuristic — unusual text files with many control characters may be treated as binary.
• Very low maxBytes values may result in only a partial copy of the first file.
• Images and binaries are skipped by design; attach them separately if needed.

Installation

Install from the VS Code Marketplace or search MultiCopynator in the Extensions panel.

License

MIT © 2025–present Jan Pereira — see LICENSE.