# 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, fetch, pull, promote to main, with a **detailed git status** on each worktree (staged / unstaged / conflicts and the last commit subject). - **Open Worktree IDE**: jump from any worktree to its full `/workspace` view (file tree, Monaco editor, inline diffs, integrated terminal) in the browser. The extension stays a lightweight visual worktree manager: the heavy editing lives in the web IDE. - **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.showArchivedSessions` | `false` | Also show finished sessions auto-archived after their retention window. | | `arboretum.notifyOnWaiting` | `true` | Native notification when a session starts waiting for input. | The extension authenticates with `Authorization: Bearer ` 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-0.2.0.vsix ``` Install it with **Extensions: Install from VSIX…** in the Command Palette, or: ```bash code --install-extension git-arboretum-0.2.0.vsix # also: codium / cursor ``` ### Other distribution channels (optional) - **Open VSX** (VSCodium, Cursor, Windsurf): `npx ovsx publish *.vsix -p ` 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.