# Arboretum for VS Code

Pilot your git **worktrees** and **Claude Code sessions** from inside VS Code — a real native
integration on top of the [Arboretum](https://git.lidge.fr/johanleroy/arboretum) daemon, not a webview.

- **Live tree** of Repositories → Worktrees → Sessions (and a Groups view), updated in real time over
  the daemon's WebSocket.
- **Native terminals**: attach to any session in a real VS Code terminal (a `Pseudoterminal` bridges the
  daemon's PTY) — you get VS Code's own rendering, scrollback, copy/paste and links for free.
- **Waiting alerts**: a status-bar counter and native notifications when a Claude session is waiting for
  input — answer **Yes/No** without even opening the terminal (uses the daemon's `answer` command).
- **Git mutations** from the tree: create worktree, commit, push, promote to main.
- **Workspace-aware**: the worktree matching your open folder is highlighted; start a session or create a
  worktree for the current folder in one command.

## Requirements

- A running Arboretum daemon (`npx @johanleroy/git-arboretum`, or installed as a user service via
  `arboretum install`). The extension is a **client** — it does not start the daemon.
- An access token. The bootstrap token is printed once on first daemon start; you can also create one in
  the Arboretum dashboard (**Settings → Tokens**).

## Getting started

1. Start the daemon and copy a token.
2. In VS Code, run **Arboretum: Sign In** (Command Palette) and paste the token. The token is validated
   against the daemon and stored in VS Code's encrypted **SecretStorage**.
3. The **Arboretum** view container appears in the Activity Bar with the Repositories and Groups trees.

## Settings

| Setting | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `arboretum.url` | `http://127.0.0.1:7317` | Base URL of the daemon (REST + WebSocket). |
| `arboretum.showExternalSessions` | `false` | Also show Claude sessions started outside Arboretum (CLI). |
| `arboretum.notifyOnWaiting` | `true` | Native notification when a session starts waiting for input. |

The extension authenticates with `Authorization: Bearer <token>` on both REST and the WebSocket upgrade.
For remote access, point `arboretum.url` at your Tailscale Serve URL (`https://…`) — the WebSocket is
derived automatically (`wss://`).

## Building & packaging (private VSIX)

The extension is bundled with esbuild (`@arboretum/shared` is inlined → the VSIX is self-contained).

```bash
# from the monorepo root
npm install
npm run build:vscode                       # builds @arboretum/shared then bundles the extension
cd packages/vscode && npx @vscode/vsce package --no-dependencies
# → git-arboretum-0.1.0.vsix
```

Install it with **Extensions: Install from VSIX…** in the Command Palette, or:

```bash
code --install-extension git-arboretum-0.1.0.vsix   # also: codium / cursor
```

### Other distribution channels (optional)

- **Open VSX** (VSCodium, Cursor, Windsurf): `npx ovsx publish *.vsix -p <token>` after creating an
  Open VSX account and namespace.
- **VS Code Marketplace**: create an Azure DevOps publisher + PAT, then `npx @vscode/vsce publish`.

A Gitea Actions workflow packages the VSIX automatically on a `vscode-vX.Y.Z` tag (see
`.gitea/workflows/vscode-release.yml`) and attaches it to the release.

## Security

The extension never weakens the daemon's security model: it speaks the same authenticated protocol as the
web dashboard. A Node client sends no `Origin` header, so it passes the daemon's strict Origin check while
still requiring a valid token.
