VSCode Configuration Builder

This repo contains the source for my VSCode configuration builder based on ixahmedxi's Gists. Since settings.json solely holds every configuration entry for VSCode, it becomes too large to maintain. This repository aims to separate settings.json entries into separate .ts files for modularity and maintainability. It also chops keybindings.json into a few files.

The repo currently splits VSCode JSON configurations into a few categories

• Extension specific configurations config/extensions/*.ts. By default, configurations for the following are included:
  • vscode-neovim config/extensions/neovim.ts
  • which-key config/extensions/which-key/*.ts
• File type specific configurationsconfig/files/[*].ts
• Keybindings config/keybinds/*.ts
• APC UI customizations config/apc.ts
• Fonts config/font.ts
• Base UI customizations config/ui.ts
• Miscellaneous entries config/misc.ts

Environment Variables

Key	Description
VSCODE_PROFILE_DIR	Which VSCode Profile directory will be injected/stowed
VSCODE_PROFILE_TARGET	Which VSCode Profile will be used to install the extensions
VSCODE_BINARY	What binary (code-insiders/code) will be used to install the extensions

Scripts

deno task build

This Deno task merges the separate setting and keybind entries to form settings.json and keybindings.json.

deno task copy

This Deno task copies the built settings.json and keybindings.json to the specified VSCODE_PROFILE_DIR directory

deno task install-ext

This Deno task uses the VSCODE_BINARY executable to install the exported package list in config/extensions/mod.ts.

deno task stow

Similar to deno task copy, this places the built settings.json and keybindings.json to VSCODE_PROFILE_DIR directory but as a symlink

Requires elevated shell permissions in Windows.