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Hide Git Ignored Explorer Toggle

Hide Git Ignored Explorer Toggle

sagar karn

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Toggle visibility of git-ignored files and folders in Explorer.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Hide Git Ignored

A Visual Studio Code extension that toggles visibility of git-ignored files and folders in Explorer.

Features

  • Command: Hide Git-Ignored: Toggle
  • Command: Hide Git-Ignored: Hide
  • Command: Hide Git-Ignored: Show
  • Status bar button for one-click toggle

The extension updates VS Code's built-in setting explorer.excludeGitIgnore.

Run locally

  1. Install dependencies:

    npm install
    
  2. Compile:

    npm run compile
    
  3. Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host.

Package extension

npx vsce package

Icon attribution

  • Explorer button icon file: media/eye-slash.svg
  • Source: Bootstrap Icons (open source)
  • URL: https://github.com/twbs/icons/blob/main/icons/eye-slash.svg
  • License: MIT
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