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debarrel

Debar/exclude/ignore barrel files automatically from vscode auto import/intellisense. This extension blacklists all barrel files from vscode auto import setting

Why?

Importing (be it named imports) from barrel files hampers your bundle size very badly.

Features

  1. Install this VSCode extension and vscode wont be able to suggest you any barrel files in intellisense.
  2. This extension is forgiving so it wont black list files its not able to detect as barrels

How to install?

  1. go to the link or search for debarrel in your vscode extensions panel
  2. click install

How to verify?

  1. Press Cmd/Ctrl + shift + P in vscode
  2. Type Workspace settings
  3. click Preferences: Open workspace settings (JSON)
  4. Search for autoImportFileExcludePatterns
  5. Note that all the barrel files are now added to exclude pattern.

How to force the extension after install new npm package?

  1. Press Cmd/Ctrl + shift + P in vscode
  2. Type debarrelify
  3. click Debarrel (force barrel recalculation)
  4. It will recalculate all barrel files from node_modules folder

Facing issues?

  1. Make sure to grab all the logs from "output" panel of vscode. Just select debarrel from the dropdown and paste all the logs in issue you will create in next step.
  2. Feel free to raise issue on the repository using this link

Contributions

Contributions are always welcome. Read through contributing.md for knowing how to setup the repo.