Projects Switch

Find and switch Git projects from the VS Code status bar.

• Project — find Git projects, including nested repositories, with recently visited projects first.

Click the project button, type to search, and press Enter to select.

To keep your current window open, click the button on the right of a project row, labeled 在新窗口打开 (open in new window). It opens that project's last visited workspace or worktree in a new window. Selecting a row or pressing Enter keeps the usual switching behavior.

Each time you open the picker, it checks cached paths and shows the available projects without waiting for a full scan. A background scan then updates the open list while preserving your search and active project. A loading indicator appears while the scan runs. Scans also run at startup by default, when scan settings change, and when you run Refresh Projects.

Before opening a project, the extension checks its paths again and updates the saved path. If the last-visited directory is unavailable, it tries the main directory, then the other known worktrees. If none are accessible Git directories for that project, it shows a warning and keeps the current window open.

Simulated demo with example projects. The picker shows project paths and recent visit times; the checkmark identifies the current project.

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Shortcuts

Customize these in Keyboard Shortcuts by searching for Projects Switch. Add Project and Refresh Projects are available in the Command Palette.

Configuration

Set the directories to scan in VS Code settings:

{
  "projectsSwitch.projects.scanRoots": [
    "$WORKSPACE"
  ],
  "projectsSwitch.projects.excludes": [
    "**/archived/**"
  ],
  "projectsSwitch.projects.maxDepth": 4
}

• scanRoots: absolute directories, optionally using environment variables. $WORKSPACE must be an environment variable available to VS Code, not the currently opened folder. Relative paths, ~, and filesystem roots are not supported.
• excludes: directory patterns to skip.
• maxDepth: maximum scan depth; the scan root is depth 0.

Moving from DevHop

Install sunzhongyi.projects-switch and uninstall DevHop. Copy any projectSwitcher.projects.* settings to projectsSwitch.projects.*. Recently visited and manually added projects are not transferred. Branch switching is handled by VS Code’s built-in Source Control Checkout.