Project Comment Gatherer

A powerful VS Code extension that helps you navigate and manage comments across your entire project. It automatically collects, organizes, and displays all comments from your codebase in an easy-to-navigate tree view, making code documentation more accessible than ever.

Project Comment Gatherer showing organized comments in VS Code's explorer view

Why Project Comment Gatherer?

Managing and navigating through code comments in large projects can be challenging. This extension solves that problem by:

• Centralizing Comments: All your project's comments are gathered in one convenient location
• Improving Documentation Access: Quickly find and review documentation without digging through files
• Enhancing Code Navigation: Jump directly to any comment's location in your codebase
• Supporting Documentation Workflows: Export comments to create documentation or review code explanations

Features

• Automatic Comment Collection: Automatically scans and collects comments from your project files
• Multiple Comment Types: Supports single-line, multi-line, and documentation comments
• Wide Language Support: Works with JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, C#, Go, Ruby, PHP, Swift, Kotlin, Scala, and Rust
• Smart Organization: Groups comments by file with an intuitive tree view
• Powerful Navigation: Click any comment to jump directly to its location in the code
• Advanced Filtering: Search and filter comments across your entire project
• Export Capability: Export all comments to a Markdown file for documentation

Recent Updates

• .gitignore Support: The extension now respects your .gitignore file, ensuring that ignored files are not processed.
• Improved File Filtering: Enhanced logic to exclude common directories and files, improving performance and relevance.
• Custom Icons: Added custom icons for the Activity Bar view in both light and dark themes.
• Removed Report Generator: Simplified the extension by removing the report generation feature.

Installation

To install the extension, you can get it from:

• Visual Studio Code Marketplace
• Open VSX Registry

Alternatively, you can clone this repository and build it locally:

npm install
npm run compile

Then, open the project in VS Code and press F5 to launch the extension in a new VS Code window.

Usage

1. Open your project in VS Code
2. Look for the "Project Comments" section in the Explorer sidebar
3. Click on any comment to navigate to its location
4. Use the toolbar buttons to:
   • Refresh the comment list
   • Filter comments
   • Sort comments by file or type
   • Export comments to Markdown

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl+Shift+C (Windows/Linux) / Cmd+Shift+C (Mac): Focus the comment tree view
• Ctrl+F (Windows/Linux) / Cmd+F (Mac): Filter comments when tree view is focused

Supported Languages

• JavaScript (.js, .jsx)
• TypeScript (.ts, .tsx)
• Python (.py)
• Java (.java)
• C/C++ (.c, .cpp, .h, .hpp)
• C# (.cs)
• Go (.go)
• Ruby (.rb)
• PHP (.php)
• Swift (.swift)
• Kotlin (.kt)
• Scala (.scala)
• Rust (.rs)

Extension Settings

The extension activates automatically when you open VS Code and provides a clean, intuitive interface in the Explorer sidebar.

Known Issues

• May experience performance issues with very large projects
• Limited to supported file types

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit a pull request for any improvements or bug fixes.

For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Release Notes

0.1.0

Initial release of Project Comment Gatherer:

• Comment collection and organization
• File type detection
• Comment navigation
• Search and filter capabilities
• Export functionality