Fresh File Explorer – VS Code extension for navigating recent work
58 points by frehu 5 hours ago | 17 comments
helle253 5 hours ago
This is really neat - i especially like the heatmap, makes it very easy to immediately figure out what is actively being worked on, even in the regular file explorer view
replythat said, I'm not sure i plan on using it long term - as someone else pointed out, the lack of extension sandboxing does make me feel a bit uncomfortable for extensions like this that aren't backed by large entities.
timfsu 4 hours ago
Love this idea. Working with AI assistants, I find it easier to push to GitHub to look at the changes, rather than use my IDE. I wish that wasn’t the case, so this makes a ton of sense.
replyvldszn 3 hours ago
Looks very cool, starred on github and downloaded extension :)
replyPS: unfortunately does not work on latest cursor (2.5.20). Can you please check?
frehu 5 hours ago
File explorer with a twist - instead of 5000 files of which you need to see 20, shows pending changes + files modified within a time window (pending, 3 days, 7 days, 30 days, etc.) pulled from Git history. This way you don't get lost browsing everything or lose track of your work immediately after a commit.
replyBeyond the core concept, there's also
- A heatmap that colors files based on recency
- Deleted files appear in the tree where they used to be
- A pinned section for files that are not recent but handy
- File history, diff search (pickaxe) and git log -L line/function history available from editor context menu
- File grouping based on the moon phase during the most recent commit (good luck finding alternative software for this)
banku_brougham 5 hours ago
looks pretty cool! Ive definitely been wanting some improvement in file discovery and exploration
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Then again, I see that the top buzz in the industry is about Claws and letting LLMs run loose with only a handshake agreement to be safe, and I already know the answer.
I actually wrote about this recently after poking around a popular extension that Antigravity users were installing. It's wild what people are doing with your credentials, and you'd have no idea! https://opista.com/posts/blind-trust-in-vs-code-extensions
We’re cooked.
(One of the only good things about GH is, that if you block some account, it will tell you if that account contributed to some repo at the top. Makes it very easy to filter out slopcode.)
This is why allot run dev containers but agreed this really should be top priority but instead is probably in the "maybe if we have a major security incident" bucket of concerns as these things often are
One option is to vet a version yourself and disable auto-update, but that's not really feasible to spend time on for most people.