update-packages-summary README

Made this because tracking which version of a package upgraded is humanely difficult to do. Helps developers to keep track of updated packages via git in a simplified and beautiful manner.

Features

To use

• Make sure the lock file is open in the editor, is the active tab and has already being committed.
• Open the command pallette (Mac Cmd+Shift+P or Windows Shift+Ctrl+P)
• Type in Update Packages Summary and select the type of lock file you want to summarize
• Enter the previous commit's has and the current commit's (that has your lock file changes) hash.
• Follow rest of the prompts and it will generate summary for you

Requirements

• Git
• The lock file must be in a git repository

Release Notes

1.0.0

Initial release of update-packages-summary. Supports package-lock.json and composer.lock for now.

1.1.0

• Used a better logic to extract the package names and versions
• Removed the string 'node_modules' from package name

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Running the Sample

• Run npm install in terminal to install dependencies
• Run the Run Extension target in the Debug View. This will:
  • Start a task npm: watch to compile the code
  • Run the extension in a new VS Code window

Contributing

Contributions are highly welcome. Help me make this package meaningful to others.

Ensure that you've read through the extensions guidelines and follow the best practices for creating your extension.

• Extension Guidelines