Lazygit for Vscode Extension

• Deployed Extension:

  https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ChaitanyaShahare.lazygit

• Source Code on GitHub:

  https://github.com/Chaitanya-Shahare/lazygit-for-vscode

Introduction

A simple extension for Visual Studio Code to add a function and a chorded keybind to open Lazygit an TUI(Terminal User Interface) Git client in a terminal on the main editor pane of the VS Code.

Technologies

• TypeScript
• VS Code Extension API
• GitHub Actions

Features

• Provides the function lazygit.openLazygit to open lazygit in main editor pane of VS Code.
• Chorded Keybind cmd+g g to open lazygit in main editor pane.
• Set up a CI/CD pipeline to publish the extension to the VS Code Marketplace using GitHub Actions.

More

Read about how & why I created it on my blog post

• https://blog.chaitanyashahare.com/post/how-i-built-my-first-vscode-plugin/

Links

• Lazygit for VSCode extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ChaitanyaShahare.lazygit
• Source Code: https://github.com/Chaitanya-Shahare/lazygit-for-vscode
• Blog post: https://blog.chaitanyashahare.com/post/how-i-built-my-first-vscode-plugin/