Context Copier is a VS Code extension designed to streamline your workflow when you need to share code. It eliminates the tedious process of manually copying and pasting files one by one.
Whether you're crafting a prompt for an AI assistant like ChatGPT/Claude, preparing a code review, or compiling documentation, Context Copier lets you grab the relative path and content of one or multiple files in a single action.
Core Features
Dual Output Modes: Copy content directly to your clipboard or combine it into a new, temporary document.
Flexible Selection: Grab content from a single file, multi-selections in the Explorer, active tabs, or all open tabs at once.
Gitignore Respecting Directory Opener: Recursively opens all files in a folder into editor tabs while excluding .git and .gitignore paths.
Handles Unsaved Files: Works with unsaved files (e.g., Untitled-1) and unsaved dirty buffers in memory.
How to Use
1. From the File Explorer
Selected File(s): Right-click single or multiple selected files in the Explorer $\rightarrow$ click Context Copier: Copy Path & Content of Selected File(s).
Folders: Right-click any folder $\rightarrow$ click Context Copier: Open All Files in Folder to open non-ignored files into editor tabs.
2. From an Editor Tab
Right-click on any open tab at the top of the editor:
Copy Path & Content of This Tab: Copies the active tab's relative path and content.
Copy Path & Content of All Open Tabs: Copies all open editor tabs.
Combine This Tab into New File: Opens the single tab content in a new Markdown document.
Combine All Open Tabs into New File: Aggregates all open tabs into a single new Markdown document.
3. From the Active Editor / Shortcut
Keyboard Shortcut: Press Ctrl+Alt+C (Cmd+Alt+C on macOS) to copy the active file directly to the clipboard.
Command Palette: Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on macOS) and type Context Copier.
Example Output
When copying files, the resulting Markdown structure looks like this:
---
`/src/main.js`
```
import { helper } from './utils/helper.js';
function main() {
console.log(helper());
}
main();
```
---
---
`/src/utils/helper.js`
```
export function helper() {
return "Hello from helper!";
}
```
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