ThePrimeagen / ThePrimeagen/refactoring.nvim

Feat request: extract code (not only function) to file (resolving needed imports)

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Description

Hello.
First, thanks for this plugin, seems to be what I need, albeit I am not yet sure.
For some weird reason, there is no tool when you want to extract a bunch of code to a new file. I'm not talking about a single function, but a group of functions, variables, etc.

I am trying to use Block refactor, but it is always failing everything I tried with typescript. I first tried to refactor a constant, asks me for the file name, then something I don't know what it is, and then fails.
I just tried within a function body, and that seems to be understood as a block, and, to my surprise, rather than extracting the entire function, only the function body is extracted. Am I misunderstood the usage of the plugin? I want to be able to

  • Extract a bunch of functions to a new file, and in the process update all imports
  • Extract a bunch of variables and things to a new file, and in the process update all imports

Not sure if it is worth explaining the errors I'm getting if I didn't understood the purpose of the plugin properly.
Regaards

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Research direction

Start by reading the Block refactor entry point and the TypeScript-related behavior described in the issue. The requested result is extracting multiple functions, variables, or other code into a new file while resolving and updating imports; the existing extraction failures and import-handling scope need to be established before implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua, typescript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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