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Sasidharan
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VS Code Account || Sync !?

Tired of installing extensions, themes, and your VS Code preferences in all devices?

Then have a look at this vscode extension,

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With one-click install, you can

Synchronize Settings, Snippets, Themes, File Icons, Launch, Keybindings, Workspaces, and Extensions Across Multiple Machines Using GitHub Gist.

Steps to follow,

  • Install the extension in the vscode.
  • Authorize your GitHub account.
  • It will create a Gist and upload all your settings, workspaces, themes and all.
  • You can download / share/upload your settings to multiple devices or vscode applications.
  • The extension automatically uploads the change when done in any setting.

Shortcuts:

- Upload setting Key : Shift + Alt + U
- Download setting Key : Shift + Alt + D
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or

Ctrl + Shift + p then search Sync, there you can make your uploads.
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Learn more about this extension here,

https://github.com/shanalikhan/code-settings-sync

Also in the extension details :

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Note: VScode also provides option for settings sync and its only available on VScode insiders.(https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/settings-sync)

Comment if you know any alternatives.

Disclaimer: I am not promoting any product and using this will at your own wish and risk.

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Ben Coleman • Edited

I've got a situation where I've got essentially two different sets of VSCode configurations that I use, and each VSCode installation will use only one of them. Does Settings Sync allow setting up two different Gists, one for each configuration, in the same Github account?

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Sasidharan

It will sync up only with one gist called cloudSettings as I know.

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