PMD Copy Paste Detection VSCode Extension

A tool to highlight lines of duplicated code flagged by PMD CPD

Features

Show PMD-CPD duplication information.

Hover text has links to other files with the duplicate code.

Highlights colours based on minor, major, and critical based on number of tokens.

Show / Hide status bar item

Requirements

PMD CLI 7.0.0 or higher installed and in path

Commands / Actions

Show Duplicate Code : Shows duplicate code highlighted in editor.

Hide Duplicate Code : Hides duplicate code highlighting.

Refresh Duplicates : Refresh duplicates from the report xml file.

Scan Source for Duplicate s: Run PMD CPD command and update highlighting.

Extension Settings

minimumDuplicateTokens : The minimum number of token to consider a duplicate. See PMD CPD CLI options --minimum-tokens .

minorIssueTokenThreshold : The token threshold to flag minor issues. Anything below this will be highlighted as minor.

majorIssueTokenThreshold : The token threshold to flag major issues. Anything below this but above minor will be highlighted as major. Anything over this is critical.

onStartBehavior : Specifies on load of extension to show or hide highlighting duplicate code.

language : Specifies PMD CPD language. See https://pmd.github.io/pmd/pmd_userdocs_cpd.html#supported-languages

sourceDirectory : Specifies the source folder to scan.

Known Issues

Likely a few