From 5f1a9a4f573f9237bfe138f25927d9a38b7152c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Maloney <maloney.jg2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:18:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add Feature to autodetect VSCC output directory

---
 src/data/vscc_datasource.ts | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 src/extension.ts            |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/data/vscc_datasource.ts b/src/data/vscc_datasource.ts
index 24950ed..b2980d3 100644
--- a/src/data/vscc_datasource.ts
+++ b/src/data/vscc_datasource.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,49 @@
-import { Uri } from "vscode";
-
+import { Uri, workspace } from 'vscode';
+import { isAbsolute, join, normalize } from 'path';
 export class VSCCDataSource {
     public data: object = Object;
     public folder: String = '';
     public date: String = '';
     private _dataFolderUri: Uri;
 
-    public constructor(wsUri: Uri, targetDir: Uri) {
-        this._dataFolderUri = Uri.joinPath(wsUri, '.VSCodeCounter');;
+    public constructor(wsUri: Uri) {
+        this._dataFolderUri = this._getVSCCDataFolder(wsUri);
         this._selectDataSourceFolder(wsUri);
         this._readDataSource();
     }
 
-	private _selectDataSourceFolder(wsUri: Uri) {
-		let result: {date: String, path: String}[] = [];
-		const fs = require('fs');
-		const dirPath = fs.readdirSync(this._dataFolderUri.fsPath);
-		dirPath.map((item: String) => {
+    private _getVSCCDataFolder(wsUri: Uri): Uri {
+        const defaultPath = '.VSCodeCounter';
+        const autoPathDetectEnabled = workspace
+            .getConfiguration('CodeViz')
+            .get<boolean>('autoDetectCounterOutputPath');
+        if (autoPathDetectEnabled) {
+            return this._generateVSCCUri(wsUri, defaultPath);
+        } else {
+            return Uri.joinPath(wsUri, defaultPath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private _generateVSCCUri(wsUri: Uri, defaultPath: string): Uri {
+        let counterOutputDir = workspace
+            .getConfiguration('VSCodeCounter')
+            .get<string>('outputDirectory');
+
+        if (counterOutputDir) {
+            if (isAbsolute(counterOutputDir)) {
+                return Uri.file(counterOutputDir);
+            } else {
+                return Uri.joinPath(wsUri, counterOutputDir);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return Uri.joinPath(wsUri, defaultPath);
+        }
+    }
+    private _selectDataSourceFolder(wsUri: Uri) {
+        let result: { date: String; path: String }[] = [];
+        const fs = require('fs');
+        const dirPath = fs.readdirSync(this._dataFolderUri.fsPath);
+        dirPath.map((item: String) => {
             let path = Uri.joinPath(this._dataFolderUri, item.valueOf());
             result.push({date: item, path: path.fsPath});
 		});
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 98e2d66..ace70a4 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
                     let source: VSCCDataSource;
                     if (targetDir == undefined)
                         targetDir = wsPath;
-                    source = new VSCCDataSource(wsPath, targetDir);
+                    source = new VSCCDataSource(wsPath);
                     if (source.data != undefined) {
                         let data = new VSCCDataPrep();
                         data.makeDataTable(source.data);

From 3993dbe9b1cf089a9dc4318b20f53a9e132d0974 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Maloney <maloney.jg2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:20:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add option to disable/enable autodetect VSCC output
 directory feature

---
 package.json | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index faf1cac..0db0dd4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    "configuration": {
+      "title": "CodeViz Stats",
+      "properties": {
+        "CodeViz.autoDetectCounterOutputPath": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Enable this to get the Visual Studio Code Counter (VSCC) output path setting automatically when running \"CodeViz: Show statistics\".  Disable this to use the default VSCC output path \"%workspaceFolder%/.VSCodeCounter\"."
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "commands": [
       {
         "command": "CodeViz.show",