SnapZip
Right-click compression for VS Code / VSCodium, with .gitignore-aware, per-workspace and global ignore rules.
Features
| Where |
What |
| Explorer, right-click any folder |
Compress as .zip |
| Explorer view title bar (icon) |
Compress Workspace as .zip — zips every workspace root folder |
| Command Palette |
SnapZip: Open Settings — visual UI to configure output location, compression level, and ignore patterns |
Ignore rules (in priority order, all combined)
- Global patterns (
snapZip.ignore.global) — applies to every workspace, ships with sensible defaults for secrets (.env, *.pem, id_rsa, .ssh/**, .git/**, etc.) and common build folders (node_modules/, dist/, build/, out/, target/, etc.)
- Workspace patterns (
snapZip.ignore.workspacePatterns) — custom globs, scoped to the current workspace only
.gitignore files (toggle: snapZip.ignore.useGitignore, default on) — root .gitignore, .gitignore in every parent folder of the target, and any nested .gitignore files inside the folder being zipped
Note: In all pattern lists and settings UI, lines starting with # are treated as comments and ignored.
Output location
snapZip.output.location:
parentFolder (default) — zip is saved next to the folder being compressedworkspaceRoot — zip is always saved in the workspace root
Managing patterns
| Command |
Purpose |
SnapZip: Open Settings |
open visual settings panel |
SnapZip: Add Ignore Pattern (This Workspace) |
add one pattern to this workspace |
SnapZip: Add Ignore Pattern (Global, All Workspaces) |
add one pattern for every workspace |
SnapZip: Manage Ignore Patterns |
view/remove existing patterns |
SnapZip: Copy Workspace Ignore Patterns to Clipboard |
clone patterns out |
SnapZip: Paste/Apply Ignore Patterns From Clipboard to This Workspace |
clone patterns into another workspace |
Global patterns live in user settings (settings.json), so they apply everywhere automatically. Workspace patterns live in .vscode/settings.json, so the copy/paste commands are there for moving them between projects manually.
Notes / limitations
.gitignore scoping is a close approximation of git's real per-directory precedence (handles anchored /path, plain names matching any depth, and negation !) — good enough for export purposes, not a full git implementation.- Symlinks are archived as their target file content.
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