Comment by juunge

I’ve made a CLI tool that does something similar, called Copcon:

https://github.com/kasperjunge/copcon

Point it at a code project directory to get a file tree and content, optionally with a git diff, copied to the clipboard - ready for copy pasting into ChatGPT.

It is very true that this only works for small projects, as you will bloat the LLM’s context with large codebases.

My solution to this is two files you can use to steer the tool’s behavior:

- .copconignore: For ignoring specific files and directories.

- .copcontarget: For targeting specific files and directories (applied before .copconignore).

These two files provide great control over what to include and exclude in the copied context.