bhaalsen / vsix

Visual Studio extensions

Visual Studio extensions

This is a Visual Studio Extension (*.vsix) to include various useful commands and tools. It's licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later (GPLv3+).

Included functionality

• Start without debugging: Allows a selected project to be run without debugging it (similar to Ctrl+F5, except that it works on any project; not just the Start-Up Project).
• Show VCS Branch in Title bar: Adds the currently detected branch name to the title bar, in case a VCS is used. Supported VCS are:
  • Git

vsix's Issues

GitWatcher: Handle errors

Sometimes, the FileSystemWatcher will raise the Error event and stop responding after that. As a result, the window title stays at the last branch it picked up.
Not sure when exactly it happens, but when it does most people recommend recreating the FileSystemWatcher as a whole (because it reportedly doesn't simply work to disable and enable it again).

Git VCS: look into .git/packed-refs too

Depending on the age of the ref (and the policy on git gc), refs might be packed into .git/packed-refs. Since this isn't considered right now, it would be shown as abbreviated hash instead of a named reference.