Copy Context

Copy files or folder trees into your clipboard as Markdown—ready to paste into chats, docs, or code reviews.

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🚀 Usage

1. Explorer

   • Select one or more files or folders → right-click → Copy Context
   • Select a root folder → right-click → Copy Folder Structure

2. Editor Tab

   • Right-click a tab title → Copy Context (This Tab) or … (All Open Tabs).

3. Paste anywhere and your Markdown snippet or tree is on the clipboard

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✨ Features

Copy Context

• Explorer: grab paths + syntax-highlighted code blocks
• Tabs: copy the active file or all open files at once (Unsaved buffers (Untitled) are skipped)
• Respects include/exclude globs, VS Code Explorer excludes & (opt-in) .gitignore

Copy Context (Explorer)

Copy Context (Tabs)

Copy Folder Structure

• Generates a Markdown tree of your folder’s contents
• Respects the same filters (globs, Explorer excludes, .gitignore)

Copy Folder Structure

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🔧 Settings

Setting	Default	Description
copyContext.excludeGlobs	[]	Always exclude these glob patterns (highest priority).
copyContext.includeGlobs	[]	Always include these glob patterns, even if Explorer or .gitignore would skip them.
copyContext.maxContentSize	500000	Max total size (bytes) of all file contents to copy.
copyContext.respectVSCodeExplorerExclude	true	Skip files/folders hidden by your VS Code files.exclude settings.
copyContext.respectGitIgnore	false	Skip files matching your project’s .gitignore (opt-in).

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📜 License

This extension is released under the MIT License.