<h1 id="finding-workspace---how-thorg-determines-workspace-directory">Finding Workspace - How thorg determines workspace directory<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#finding-workspace---how-thorg-determines-workspace-directory"></a></h1>
<p>On startup, Thorg needs to find your <a href="/notes/37fx82rdmgup4t2m3bdz145">Thorg Workspace</a> directory.</p>
<p>The workspace directory is expected to be somewhere up the file hierarchy from the starting paths.</p>
<p>The starting paths are determined as follows:</p>
<pre class="language-txt"><code class="language-txt">Starting paths are:
  IF vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders is NOT empty
    vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders
  ELSE
    path-of-the-file-you-have-opened
  END-IF
</code></pre>
<h3 id="for-now-we-use-dendronyml-to-find-the-workspace-directory">For now we use <code>dendron.yml</code> to find the workspace directory<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#for-now-we-use-dendronyml-to-find-the-workspace-directory"></a></h3>
<p>Thorg walks up the parent file chain and looks for a <code>dendron.yml</code> file to identify the workspace directory.</p>
<h3 id="in-the-near-future-we-will-use-the-thorg-directory-to-find-the-workspace">In the near future we will use the .thorg directory to find the workspace<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#in-the-near-future-we-will-use-the-thorg-directory-to-find-the-workspace"></a></h3>
<p>In the near future, we'll primarily identify the workspace using the <a href="/notes/cwa47cpquo4v899advakgt7">.thorg Data in Thorg Workspace ($THORG_WORKSPACE/.thorg)</a> directory (while continuing to support onboarding based on <code>dendron.yml</code>).</p>
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<strong>Backlinks</strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="/notes/zlvqq1wizf84g0y3xsryfv8">Startup</a></li>
</ul>

For now we use dendron.yml to find the workspace directory

In the near future we will use the .thorg directory to find the workspace