Repo Scratchpad
Take quick notes in VS Code’s bottom panel, scoped to the project you’re working on.
A fork of Notebox by Artem Sapegin, with the same look, but notes are stored per repository instead of globally.
How it works
Open the bottom panel and select Scratchpad. The panel header shows which notes you're editing.
Notes are scoped to the folder of the active editor (or the first workspace folder):
| Folder |
Notes are shared by |
Synced across machines |
| Git repo with a remote |
every clone and worktree of that remote, for your Git user (user.email) |
Yes, via Settings Sync |
| Git repo without a remote |
worktrees of that repo, for your Git user |
No |
| Not a Git repo |
that directory path |
No |
| No folder open |
all windows with no folder (like the original Notebox) |
No |
Remotes are matched on origin (or the first remote), normalized so git@github.com:owner/repo.git and https://github.com/owner/repo count as the same repository.
In untrusted workspaces Git is not run, so notes fall back to the directory scope.
Settings
scratchpad.syncRepositoryNotes (default true): sync repository notes with VS Code Settings Sync. This requires Settings Sync to be on with Extensions selected (extension state syncs as part of that category).
Development
npm install
npm test # build, type-check, unit tests
npm run package # build scratchpad-<version>.vsix
Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host.
License
MIT, see License.md.
Icon based on the Git logo by Jason Long, licensed under CC BY 3.0. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Git project.
