Monorepo Tagger is a Visual Studio Code extension that prepends a tag to your Git commit messages based on the highest-level folder in your project (relative to the workspace root). This is especially useful in monorepo setups where you want to categorize commits by the part of the project they affect.
Features
Automatic Tagging: Automatically adds a tag to your commit messages based on the folder you're working in.
Custom Folder-to-Tag Mapping: Define custom tags for specific folders using the folderTagMap setting.
Exclude Folders from Tagging: Specify folders to exclude from tagging using the excludeFolders setting.
Tag Enclosure Options: Choose whether to enclose tags in parentheses () or brackets [] using the tagEnclosure setting.
Integration with Git Source Control: Pre-fills the commit message in the Git Source Control view, allowing you to review and edit before committing.
Requirements
Visual Studio Code version 1.95.0 or higher.
Git must be installed and accessible from the command line.
Usage
Open the Source Control View: Click on the Source Control icon in the Activity Bar.
Insert Tag into Commit Message:
In the commit message input box, you'll see a button labeled Insert Tag into Commit Message.
Click this button to automatically insert the appropriate tag at the beginning of your commit message.
Complete the Commit:
Add your commit details after the tag.
Stage your changes if they aren't already.
Commit your changes.
Features
Insert Tag Button: Easily insert tags into your commit messages using the Insert Tag into Commit Message button in the Source Control view.
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
monorepo-tagger.folderTagMap: An object mapping folder names to custom tags. If a folder is not listed, its name will be used as the tag by default.
// Example in settings.json
"monorepo-tagger.folderTagMap": {
"transcription-method": "asr",
"analytics": "analytics-tag"
}
monorepo-tagger.excludeFolders: An array of folder names to exclude from tagging.
// Example in settings.json
"monorepo-tagger.excludeFolders": [
"common-utils",
"scripts"
]
monorepo-tagger.tagEnclosure: Choose whether to enclose tags in parentheses () or brackets []
// Example in settings.json
"monorepo-tagger.tagEnclosure": "brackets" // Options: "parentheses", "brackets"
