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I am, obviously, still quite new to VSC but I have added github extensions and can edit in VSC rather than github WebUI now.

When I want to test the code (a KODI plugin) I simply need a zip of all the files in that repo. On github I would just select Code - Download Zip. Is there a way of doing this without going to the github website and without downloading and then manually compressing in File Explorer?

I would like to directly create a zip from the selected folders within VSC.

Thank you for your help Alex

rioV8
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  • go to your OS file explorer, select all files/folders except the `.git` folder and right click and select to create zip file – rioV8 Jun 22 '23 at 12:13

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You can download or create a zip archive from an existing repo, check this answer.

If you want to integrate this with VSCode check out how to create a VSCode Task.

Jorge Ruiz Gómez
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  • Thank you Jorge for your reply. Unfortunately that would be one task per repo and branch I am working on. I would like to be able to use it without each time cahnging repo and branch manually. – AleXSR700 Jun 22 '23 at 06:55
  • @AleXSR700 you can create a system wide task or one for each new gh codespace created or, also, one profile-wide (i am not 1100% sure about the last one). – albertopasqualetto Jun 22 '23 at 15:57