Tabaqa

Extendable and nested settings for VSCode

NOTE: Please be aware that this extension updates settings.json file. If you have any custom settings, please make sure to backup your settings.json file before installing this extension.

Extend VSCode settings from a parent folder, another file or a url. You can also nest settings by adding a tabaqa.json file inside a folder. The extension will look for the file and apply the settings to the current workspace.

How does it work?

The extension looks for a file names tabaqa.json inside the top level .vscode folder. If the file is found, it will read the file and apply the settings to the current workspace. The extension will inherit the settings from all tabaqa.json files up the folder tree until it reaches the root folder (or if root: true has been set).

See this folder structure as an example:

├── .vscode
│   └─ tabaqa.json
├── folder-1
│   ├─ .vscode
│   │   └─ tabaqa.json
│   └─ folder-2
│       ├─ .vscode
│       │   └─ tabaqa.json
│       └─ folder-3
│           └─ .vscode
│               └─ tabaqa.json

If folder-3 is opened in VSCode, the extension will look for tabaqa.json in folder-3 then folder-2 then folder-1 (if root: true is not set in any of them). Settings will be merged and then applied to the folder-3 workspace.

tabaqa.json structure

Note: schmea is provided through the extension. You can use Ctrl + Space to get suggestions. settings property have the same schema as VSCode settings.

The tabaqa.json file should be a json object with the following properties (all properties are optional):

{
  "extends": "path/to/json-file.json",
  "root": true,
  "settings": {
	"editor.formatOnSave": true
	...
  }
}

• extends: You can set it to a path on desk or url that points to a json that contains VSCode extension to extend from. Settings parsed from this fill will be merged with settings property.

• root: If set to true, the extension will stop looking for parent tabaqa.json files.

• settings: You can set it to an object that contains VSCode settings to apply to the current workspace. Settings added here will have the highest priority. It overrides parent settings or extended settings.