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MemFS - a file system provider sample

MemFS - a file system provider sample

Johannes Rieken

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Showcase for the file system provider API, also useful for testing again document that are not on disk.
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MemFS

This extension implements an in-memory file system to show-case the filesytem provider api. It serves two purposes:

  • Be a sample/reference for extension authors that want to implement a filesystem provider
  • Be a test for other extensions that falsely assume text document always live on disk.

To get started you need this:

  • install this extension
  • when not having a workspace opened, select 'F1 > MemFS Setup Workspace' (optionally save the workspace now)
  • select 'F1 > MemFs Create Files' and notice how the explorer is now populated
  • ... try things out, e.g. IntelliSense in memfs-files, create new files, save them, etc
  • select 'F1 > MemFs Delete Files' or reload to restart

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