can't open GUI file explorer at top-level directory

[ultraGentle]

When you start a Codespace, it puts you in /workspaces/repoName, both in the terminal and the sidebar file explorer.

From the terminal, you can cd / into the top level directory, and do command-line stuff.

But the file explorer can't seem to navigate "up" directories past workspaces/repoName.

From desktop VSCode, you can connect to a GitHub Codespace and cd / && code . to open a new editor in the top level directory, but it's clunky and opens a separate editor.

Is there a way to set the GUI file explorer to open at the top level directory?

[dmalan]

Hi @ultraGentle, in Codespaces, you should be able to select File > Open Folder..., then /. Or you can append /?folder=%2F to your github.dev URL, which should also open / in the explorer!

[andrecastropaiva]

Your answer helped me as well David. Thanks

[ababyprogrammer]

WOW! Soo help and usefull. Thanks Mr.Malan! ( $ _ $ )

[sammonius]

I found that if you right-click the explorer and press "Add folder to workspace", you can type the path to your directory and it will appear on the explorer.

[JewelArimattom]

Add ?folder=/ to the end of the Codespace URI to open it in the root directory. This makes the URI look like https://username-repo-random.github.dev/?folder=/.

Alternatively, you can use the integrated terminal and run cd / && code . from there to open a new tab with the Codespace in the root directory. The opened Codespace will have ?folder=/ in the URI, so this is effectively equivalent to the other way I described.

[JewelArimattom]

helps me

[cyber-250]

help full

[good-gtt]

Your answer helped me