As posted here How can I export settings?, everyone insists on using Settings Sync, which would be fine if I wasn't forced to use GitHub by the plugin (which is explicitly denied on my computer). Is there any way to either do this manually, or to redirect the plugin to use an alternative git repo for this purpose?
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VScode provides option to import/export settings - https://stackoverflow.com/a/75281411/4635388 – Rohan Khude Jan 30 '23 at 07:51
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For Windows what you need to do is,
- copy
keybindings.json
,settings.json
files andsnippets
folder fromC:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Code\User
. - and copy
extensions
folders fromC:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app
to your new machine at the same locations.

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Yes, certainly you can. You basically need to
copy
keybindings.json
,settings.json
files andsnippets
folder from/home/<user>/.config/Code/User
and copy
extensions
folders from/home/<user>/.vscode/
to your new machine at the same locations.
Please note - the above locations are for Ubuntu
. Check what are these for your operating systems.

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