File Picker

File picker is simple tool, helping you to select file while running vs code task.

Usage

Example 'tasks.json' file to build project in monorepo with lerna

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "inputs": [
        {
            "id": "pickerInput",
            "type": "command",
            "command": "filePicker.pick",
            "args": {
                "masks": "apps/*/package.json",
                "display": {
                    "type": "json",
                    "json": "name",
                    "detail": "fileRelativePath",
                    "description": {
                        "type": "json",
                        "json": "description"
                    }
                },
                "output": "filePath"
            }
        }
    ],
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "echo",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "echo ${pickerInput:p}",
            "problemMatcher": []
        }
    ]
}

Arguments

• masks <string | string[]> Masks to file search
• display <DisplayType | DisplayConfig> File names presentation type
• output <DisplayType | DisplayConfig> Output presentation type

DisplayType:

• nonereturns undefined
• fileName returns file name (ex. readme.md)
• filePath returns absolute file path (ex c:/Projects/proj/info/readme.md)
• fileRelativePath returns file path, relative to workspace (ex info/readme.md)
• dirName returs name of directory containings file (ex. info)
• dirPath returs absolute path to directory containings file (ex. c:/Projects/proj/info)
• dirRelativePath returs relative path to directory containings file (ex. info)
• json reads file as json object and returns value of property, specified in PresentationConfig.json property

PresentationConfig:

• type <DisplayType> Presentation type
• json <string> Path to property of json file

DisplayConfig:

• type <DisplayType> Presentation type
• json <string> Path to property of json file
• description <PresentationConfig> Rule to get file description (to show in vs code picker)
• detail <PresentationConfig> Rule to get file details (to show in vs code picker)