Allow several settings.json

[turion]

Proposed feature

VSCode should not only read the standard settings.json, but also additional settings files. I can imagine different ways how to specify these files. For example:

• All *.json files in a predefined folder like ~/.config/Code/User/settings
• All files matching a regex like settings.*\.json (matching settings.json, settings1.json, settingsReadOnly.json, settingsTeamWide.json, settingsCheckedInToGitRepo.json, etc.)
• Files given on the command line like code --additional-settings=path/to/additional/settings.json

This way, different sets of settings can be specified editor-wide. These would have to be merged with some notion of precedence, similar to how workspace settings are merged with user settings.

Context

I'm trying to improve the VSCode experience on NixOS/Home Manager. There, one configures the editor declaratively, producing a config file that is not writable by the editor. It would be great if there were two settings files, one read-only file produced by Home Manager, and an editor-writable file (the standard settings.json).

Other use cases

• Software development teams might want to share some of their settings (across multiple workspaces) by checking them into version control. On top, some team members want their own settings.
• For debugging, one could turn a set of settings on or off by extracting them to a file.

[sandy081]

It seems you are using VSCodium and this project is VS Code and both are not same. I would request to file issue against VSCodium project.

[turion]

Sorry, I accidentally posted the VSCodium paths because I tested whether the issue is there as well. But the issue is about VSCode. I edited the issue description. Can we reopen?

[sandy081]

There is a duplicate of this request, please search for existing issues. Thanks.

[turion]

I have searched through >300 issues here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aissue+settings.json+is%3Aopen.

I found some related ones:

• Add a system wide settings.json #80972
• Add support for additional global config files (in addition to settings.json) #17634
• Add ability to extend from other settings files #15909