Workspace Default Settings Plugin for Visual Studio Code
This plugin looks for a .vscode/settings.default.json file in the currently opened VSCode workspace,
and automatically merges it into the current workspace settings file.
Why
When you are working in a team, standardizing the toolset is oftentimes a very important step for the team's success.
Out of the box, VSCode allows teams to version control the settings.json file to help out with this.
However, there are a couple of issues with this approach:
- Certain plugins pollute this file by adding their own machine-specific settings in there,
which should not be tracked by a version control system.
- Sometimes a developer changes a particular settings temporarily,
and then committed that change by mistake.
This plugin is designed to tackle those issues.
By committing a .vscode/settings.default.json file in your version control system,
and putting the .vscode/settings.json file in your ignore file (e.g. .gitignore, .hgignore),
you can make sure that developers will have the team-wide settings applied to their environments.
They still have the flexibility to temporarily deviate from them if necessary, by modifying the .vscode/settings.json file.
Those changes are easily reverted by running the VSCode command Workspace Default Settings: Synchronize Settings.
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
workspace-default-settings.runOnActivation: Whether the plugin will automatically synchronize the settings on activation. Default: true.workspace-default-settings.jsonIndentation: Number of columns for JSON indentation when saving the settings. Default: 2.workspace-default-settings.defaultSettingsFileName: Name of file that contains the default workspace settings. Default: settings.default.json.
License
MIT
