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autorun

autorun

Christian Oetterli

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4,152 installs
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Automatically build/launch whenever a folder is opened in VS Code
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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vscode-autorun

Automatically runs the build task and/or debug/run the launch configuration whenever a folder is opened in VS Code.

Extension Settings

autorun must be enabled by configuring these seetings:

Settings

  • autorun.build: If .vscode/tasks.json exists and this setting is true, runs the 'Run Build Task' command
  • autorun.launch: If .vscode/launch.json exists, runs either the 'Start Debugging' (="debug") or 'Start Without Debugging' (="run") command

1.0.0

Initial release

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