From 9615a0eb08b23fc609291325fb9e393975017892 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ronny fretel <ronny@fretelweb.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:29:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] implement caching for quick pick items and update on
 folder creation

---
 package.json     |  4 +++-
 src/extension.ts | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a17abc3..e66e8aa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
     "Other"
   ],
   "activationEvents": [
-    "onCommand:extension.advancedNewFile"
+    "onCommand:extension.advancedNewFile",
+    "onStartupFinished",
+    "workspaceContains:**/*"
   ],
   "main": "./out/src/extension",
   "contributes": {
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 5ab85da..70f99cc 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
   }
 }
 
+let cache: Cache = null;
+
+const CACHE_EXPIRATION_MINUTES = 60;
+
 function isFolderDescriptor(filepath: string): boolean {
   return filepath.charAt(filepath.length - 1) === path.sep;
 }
@@ -315,12 +319,18 @@ export async function dirQuickPickItems(
   roots: WorkspaceRoot[],
   cache: Cache): Promise<vscode.QuickPickItem[]> {
 
-  const dirOptions = await Promise.all(
-    roots.map(async r => await subdirOptionsForRoot(r))
-  );
-  let quickPickItems =
-    dirOptions.reduce(flatten).map(o => buildQuickPickItem(o));
-
+  let quickPickItems = [];
+  const cachedItems = cache.get('quickPickItems');
+  if (cachedItems && cachedItems.expires > Date.now()) {
+    quickPickItems = [...cachedItems.data];
+  }else{
+    const dirOptions = await Promise.all(
+      roots.map(async r => await subdirOptionsForRoot(r))
+    );
+    quickPickItems = dirOptions.reduce(flatten).map(o => buildQuickPickItem(o));
+    cache.put('quickPickItems', { data: [...quickPickItems], expires: Date.now() + 1000 * 60 * CACHE_EXPIRATION_MINUTES });
+  }
+  
   quickPickItems.unshift(...convenienceOptions(roots, cache));
 
   return quickPickItems;
@@ -360,12 +370,11 @@ export function rootForDir(
 }
 
 export async function command(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
+
   const roots = workspaceRoots();
 
   if (roots.length > 0) {
-    const cacheName = roots.map(r => r.rootPath).join(';');
-    const cache = new Cache(context, `workspace:${cacheName}`);
-
+    
     const sortedRoots = sortRoots(roots, cache.get('recentRoots') || []);
 
     const dirSelection =
@@ -393,12 +402,42 @@ export async function command(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 }
 
 export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
+  const roots = workspaceRoots();
+  const cacheName = roots.map(r => r.rootPath).join(';');
+  cache = new Cache(context, `workspace:${cacheName}`);
+
+  const folderWatcher = vscode.workspace.createFileSystemWatcher('**/*',false,true,true);
+  folderWatcher.onDidCreate((uri) => updateCache(uri));
+
   let disposable = vscode.commands.registerCommand(
     'extension.advancedNewFile',
     () => command(context)
   );
 
   context.subscriptions.push(disposable);
+  context.subscriptions.push(folderWatcher);
 }
 
 export function deactivate() { }
+
+function updateCache(uri: vscode.Uri){
+  if(!cache) return;  
+  if(!fs.lstatSync(uri.path).isDirectory()) return;
+
+  const cachedItems = cache.get('quickPickItems');
+  if (cachedItems && cachedItems.data) {
+    const quickPickItems =[...cachedItems.data];
+    const rootPath = workspaceRoots().find(r => uri.path.indexOf(r.rootPath) === 0);
+    const relativePath = uri.path.replace(rootPath.rootPath,'');
+    const newDir = buildQuickPickItem({
+      displayText: relativePath,
+      fsLocation: {
+        relative: relativePath,
+        absolute: uri.path
+      }
+    });
+    quickPickItems.push(newDir);
+    cachedItems.data = quickPickItems.sort((a,b) => a.label.localeCompare(b.label));
+    cache.put('quickPickItems', cachedItems);
+  }
+}

From 8c449f8a3d8d89a2001672f3bb849db069586be0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ronny fretel <ronny@fretelweb.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:30:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update tasks.json to version 2.0.0 and restructure npm
 task configuration

---
 .vscode/tasks.json | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index fb7f662..1c3bc6f 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -5,26 +5,39 @@
 // ${fileDirname}: the current opened file's dirname
 // ${fileExtname}: the current opened file's extension
 // ${cwd}: the current working directory of the spawned process
-
 // A task runner that calls a custom npm script that compiles the extension.
 {
-    "version": "0.1.0",
-
+    "version": "2.0.0",
     // we want to run npm
     "command": "npm",
-
-    // the command is a shell script
-    "isShellCommand": true,
-
-    // show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur.
-    "showOutput": "silent",
-
     // we run the custom script "compile" as defined in package.json
-    "args": ["run", "compile", "--loglevel", "silent"],
-
+    "args": [
+        "run",
+        "compile",
+        "--loglevel",
+        "silent"
+    ],
     // The tsc compiler is started in watching mode
-    "isWatching": true,
-
+    "isBackground": true,
     // use the standard tsc in watch mode problem matcher to find compile problems in the output.
-    "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch"
+    "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "npm",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "npm",
+            "args": [
+                "run",
+                "compile",
+                "--loglevel",
+                "silent"
+            ],
+            "isBackground": true,
+            "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch",
+            "group": {
+                "_id": "build",
+                "isDefault": false
+            }
+        }
+    ]
 }
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