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Branch Context

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Branch Context notes, status, commands, and context.md helpers for VS Code.
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Branch Context for VS Code

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Overview • Features • Quick Start • Configuration • License

🎺 Overview

VS Code extension for Branch Context. Adds a sidebar with the current branch's context, git changes, templates, and AI session pointers, all scoped to the active branch.

Branch Context VS Code extension demo

⭐ Features

  • Sidebar (activity bar) with five views:
    • Branch Context, current context.md outline and quick actions
    • Branch AI Sessions, indexed Codex / Claude Code sessions with resume, active state, pinning, grouping, source-file open, and delete actions
    • Branch Git Changes, files and commits on the current branch
    • Other Branches, list, checkout, archive, and restore contexts
    • Templates, apply per-branch templates
  • Status bar entry with current branch and context state
  • CodeLens, decorations, and document symbols inside context.md
  • Commands for sync, status, set base, apply template, review diff, and more
  • CLI compatibility checks with update prompts when the installed CLI does not match the extension

🚀 Quick Start

  1. Install the CLI and run bctx init in your repo (see main README).
  2. Install this extension from the VS Code Marketplace or Open VSX.

⚙️ Configuration

Default .bctx/config.json:

{
  "default_base_branch": "main",
  "sound": true,
  "commit_description": false,
  "template_rules": [
    {
      "prefix": "feature/",
      "template": "feature"
    },
    {
      "prefix": "fix/",
      "template": "fix"
    }
  ]
}

📜 License

MIT


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