List & filter workspace cache folder; use for cleanup

README.md

VSCode Workspaces Storage Filter Script

Release date: Sat, October 09, 2021

The script is intended to taclke the issue of leaky workspaceStorage of Microsoft Visual Studio Code. See related issue on github: VS Code#134532

Usage

# list cache folders
$ code.workspaces.cache.filter

# list vscode project cache folders
$ code.workspaces.cache.filter vscode

# export them into a $arr variable
$ code.workspaces.cache.filter vscode  arr

Install

# For Zsh
$ cat ./code.workspaces.cache.filter >> ~/.zshrc
# For Bash
$ cat ./code.workspaces.cache.filter >> ~/.bashrc

Uninstall

Remove the code.workspaces.cache.filter function from the ~/.{ba,z}shrc

code.workspaces.cache.filter.bash

# Title			: Visual Studio Code Workspaces Storage Filter Script
# Summary		: List & filter workspace cache folder; use for cleanup
# Created-at	: Saturday, October 09, 2021
# Last-Modified	: Saturday, October 09, 2021
# Repository	:
# Authors		: Alex A. Davronov <al.neodim@gmail.com> (2021-)
# Version		: 1.0.0
# Description	: TODO: add description
# Usage			:
#	# list cache folder
#	$ code.workspaces.cache.filter
#
#	# list vscode project cache folders
#	$ code.workspaces.cache.filter vscode
#
#	# export them into an $arr variable
#	$ code.workspaces.cache.filter vscode  arr
#	Install		: Install this into ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc

# Visual Studio Code Workspaces Storage Filter Script
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#---------------------------------------------------code.workspaces.cache.filter
# See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/134532
# @param name       - the project name to use as a filter
# @param arrayName  - an array name to store paths to
code.workspaces.cache.filter(){
		local name="$1";
		local arrayName="$2";
		local workspacesStoragePath="$HOME/.config/Code/User/workspaceStorage";
		local ll="ls -ha -l -c --color --group-directories-first";
		if [[ "$name" ]];
		then
			local ___arr=($(grep -lF "$name" $workspacesStoragePath/*/*.json));
			[[ "$arrayName" ]] && {
				eval "$arrayName=("${___arr[@]}")";
				return 0;
			};
			for f in "${___arr[@]}";
			do
				ll -d $(dirname $f);
			done;
		else
			# List all project's *.json files
			ll $workspacesStoragePath/*/*.json
		fi
}