Pathos 🚀

Automated developer activity tracking and insights for VS Code

Pathos is a powerful VS Code extension that automatically tracks your coding activities and provides meaningful insights into your development journey, without requiring manual commits. The name "Pathos" evokes a sense of purpose and tells the story behind development.

🌟 Features

Core Functionality

• Secure GitHub Authentication: One-time secure authentication process
• Automatic Repository Creation: Creates a dedicated tracking repository with public/private options
• Smart Project Tracking: Hidden folder creation with automatic .gitignore configuration
• Secure Data Management: High-level security implementation for tracked code protection
• Detailed Work Reports: Comprehensive documentation of your coding activities
• AI-Powered Insights: Intelligent analysis of your development patterns

User Friendly Folder Structure

• Proper way of storing the project specific commits
• caching of project files in each folder with proper encryption for future tracking
• proper readme generation

Real-Time Monitoring

• File Creation Tracking
• Modification Detection
• Deletion Logging
• Content Change Analysis

Visual Integration

• Intuitive Status Bar Icon: Quick access to extension status and commands
• Project-Specific README: Automatic creation and maintenance
• Visual Progress Reports: Charts and graphs showing your contribution patterns

Code Tracking Preview

AI Insights Feature

Enabling AI Insights

Preview of AI Insights

Visual Representations

🚀 Why Pathos?

• Proof of Work: Maintain detailed, verifiable records of your daily work
• Commit-Free Tracking: No need to commit work-in-progress code
• Branch Contribution Tracking: Track work across all branches, even with squashed commits
• Automated Documentation: Let Pathos handle the documentation while you focus on coding

📋 Requirements

• GitHub account
• Git installed and configured
• VS Code (latest stable version recommended)

🔧 Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Access Extensions Marketplace (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X) or click on Extensions icon at left vertical bar
3. Search for "Pathos"
4. Click Install

🏃‍♂️ Getting Started

1. Connect GitHub

   • Click the Pathos icon in the status bar
   • Follow the GitHub authentication process

2. Configure Tracking

   • Set your preferred tracking interval
   • Choose repository visibility (public/private)
   • Select folders to track (if needed)(coming soon)

3. Start Coding

   • Pathos will automatically begin tracking your work
   • View progress through the extension UI

🔄 Workflow

1. Initial Setup

   • Automatic repository creation
   • Hidden tracking folder configuration
   • .gitignore setup

2. Active Tracking

   • File monitoring
   • Change detection
   • Report generation

3. Insight Generation

   • AI-powered analysis
   • Visual representations
   • Progress tracking

🛡️ Security

• Secure GitHub authentication
• Encrypted data storage
• Protected tracking information
• Configurable privacy settings

🔜 Coming Soon

• Folder selection customization
• AI credits system with free analyses
• Enhanced UI features
• Subscription options for advanced features

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/newFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some newFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/newFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🌟 Support

Having issues or ideas for improvement? We'd love to hear from you:

• Open an issue
• Submit a feature request
• Join our community discussions

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