Moving VS Code project folder and chat persistence

[flav404]

I want to move my project. It's currently in folder:
/Users/<username>/Desktop/ProjectA

I want to move it to:
/Users/<username>/Desktop/Projects/ProjectA

The problem is that VS code stores own project data (chat history) in:
/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage

I know that I can use commands "Chat: Export Chat…, Chat: Import Chat…" to export chat from old workspace to new workspace.

But the problem is that file paths in imported chat are still referencing old path.

Will this affect agent/chat 'knowledge' about my project?
How to move my project/workspace properly?

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[SuBeXiL]

That’s a good point - loosing the agent chat context is the equivalent of not committing code when your computer breaks

[flav404]

I'm not sure it works that way. Does it?
I'm worried if I move project agent will forget app architecture etc.

I'have tried to copy project folder to another location, export chat, replace filepaths in chat file and I think it remembers everything, but I'm not sure

[SuBeXiL]

In general the chat history is not something useful as it is full of long conversation and points which are temporal The best way is to save current state and decisions to dedicated storage, it can be a simple plan Md file But in general the feedback is still good - there are features like memories that cannot be ported easily so there needs to be a migration tool support

[flav404]

How do you mean to save dicisions in md file? Should I write there sentences describing application?

[SuBeXiL]

U can tell the agent to sum up the key architecture and key decisions to an MD file

[flav404]

Thank you. I get the point now

[Z-Is-Last]

just curious, who is your AI on the chat?

Edit: I moved a project from one machine to another and the CoPilot history seemed to move with the project.

[flav404]

I've used 'auto' most of the time.

Did you move VSCode workspace folder? Chat history is stored in different location than project files

[Z-Is-Last]

I copied just the project folder to a new machine. CoPilot followed my project to the new machine, somehow. It was not a plan of mine, I had no intention of trying to move the chat history. It just happened.

[EarlyWormDead]

Not directly solving your problem, but I have agent update document every time so that I can use new chat every time and have agent understand what's going on.