Initializes settings.json and other .vscode config files from defaults files.
Upon opening a workspace, this extension will look for any files under the
.vscode directory named [filename].default.[ext] and copy them to
[filename].[ext] unless they already exist.
This allows you to check Visual Studio Code configuration files into source
control while still allowing developers to customize their settings. For
example, if you check in .vscode/settings.default.json and
.vscode/tasks.default.json files, then settings.json and tasks.json will
be created upon opening the project for the first time. If these files already
exist, they will be left unmodified.
To compare a config file with its defaults, run the
Config Defaults: Compare Config File... command and select a file. If the list
is empty, then all files match the defaults.
To reset a config file to its defaults, delete the file and run the
Config Defaults: Initialize Config Files command.
For any .vscode config file you want to check into source control, but which
developers should be able to customize, add .default before the file extension.
For example, .vscode/settings.json becomes .vscode/settings.default.json.
Add the .vscode directory to your ignore file, then add exceptions for
.default files and any files developers should not customize. For example, a
.gitignore might include this:
.vscode/*
!.vscode/**/*.default.*
!.vscode/extensions.json
Create a .vscode/extensions.json file which recommends to use this extension
with the project:
{
"recommendations": [
"spadin.config-defaults"
]
}