index.js

// Get the current working directory
import * as fs from 'fs';
import * as path from 'path';

// Used to prevent duplicates in the file paths that sometimes occur.
export const removeDuplicateSegments = (str) => {
  const segments = str.split('/');
  const uniqueSegments = [];

  segments.forEach((segment) => {
    if (segment && !uniqueSegments.includes(segment)) {
      uniqueSegments.push(segment);
    }
  });

  return uniqueSegments.join('/');
};

// Makes sure that the "settings.json" file exists, and that the ".vscode" folder exists.
export const ensureVsCodeFolderAndSettingsFile = () => {
  const vscodeDir = path.join(process.cwd(), '.vscode');
  const settingsPath = path.join(vscodeDir, 'settings.json');

  if (!fs.existsSync(vscodeDir)) {
    fs.mkdirSync(vscodeDir);
  }

  if (!fs.existsSync(settingsPath)) {
    fs.writeFileSync(settingsPath, JSON.stringify({}, null, 2));
  }
};

// Main function that traverses the directory and returns a list of all the folders.
const rootDir = process.cwd();
export const traverseDirectory = (dir, ignoreList = []) => {
  const files = fs.readdirSync(dir);
  let results = [];
  files.forEach((file) => {
    const fullPath = path.join(dir, file);
    if (ignoreList.includes(file)) {
      return;
    }
    if (fs.statSync(fullPath).isDirectory()) {
      const relativePath = path.relative(rootDir, fullPath);
      results.push(removeDuplicateSegments(path.join(relativePath)));
      results = results.concat(traverseDirectory(fullPath, ignoreList));
    }
  });
  return results;
};

// Start by making sure that the ".vscode" folder and the "settings.json" file exists.
ensureVsCodeFolderAndSettingsFile();

// Define a list of folders to ignore
const ignoreList = ['.git', '.github', 'node_modules'];

// Get the path to the settings.json file
const settingsPath = path.join(rootDir, '.vscode', 'settings.json');

// Read the current contents of the settings.json file
const settingsContent = fs.readFileSync(settingsPath, 'utf8');

// Parse the JSON content
const settingsObject = JSON.parse(settingsContent);

// Add the new key to the settings object
settingsObject['conventionalCommits.scopes'] = traverseDirectory(rootDir, ignoreList);
settingsObject['conventionalCommits.emojiFormat'] = 'emoji';

try {
  // Write the updated settings object to the settings.json file
  fs.writeFileSync(settingsPath, JSON.stringify(settingsObject, null, 2));
} catch (error) {
  throw ('Something failed..', error);
}