How to get the base directory in visual studio code snippet?

Question

I am trying to get the file current directory in a snippet for visual studio code.

VSCode has a variable: TM_DIRECTORY, which is the fullpath.

eg:

{folder: "$TM_DIRECTORY"} 

would be replaced by

{folder: "/Volumes/my-project-path/ParentFolder/MyFolder"} 

But I want only MyFolder.

Normally, we can use a transform as indicated in the docs. Sublime Text works in the same way. But for as much as I try, the snippet simply outputs the whole regex.

Could someone answer with the magical variable/transform? :)

Answer 1

Ok, finally found it.

${TM_DIRECTORY/^.+\\/(.*)$/$1/} gives the base directory.

The part I didn't get was the "double escape" of the directory separator / -> \\/.

Answer 2

I wanted to add that in Windows the code above will print the entire directory.

You need to add a quadruple backslash vs the forward-slash:

${TM_DIRECTORY/^.+\\\\(.*)$/$1/}