claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [FEATURE] Allow custom display name for projects in sidebar / picker [2 comments, 2 participants]

TL;DR

Add a displayName field to the .claude/settings.json or ~/.claude/settings.json file to override the folder-derived label in the sidebar and project picker.

Guidance

• Consider adding a new field to the existing settings JSON files to store the custom display name for the project.
• Verify that the proposed solution works by checking if the custom display name is correctly rendered in the recent-projects sidebar, session/task picker, and other relevant areas.
• Ensure that the fallback behavior to the folder name works when the displayName field is unset.
• Review the code to determine the best way to integrate the new displayName field with the existing logic for deriving the project label from the folder name.

Example

No code example is provided as the issue does not contain sufficient technical details about the implementation.

Notes

The proposed solution assumes that the .claude/settings.json and ~/.claude/settings.json files are already being read and used by the application. The implementation details of how to integrate the new displayName field with the existing codebase are not provided.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Add a displayName field to the settings JSON file, as this provides a flexible and non-intrusive way to override the default project label without modifying the underlying folder structure.