I build developer tools and services at Microsoft (currently Codespaces, Live Share, IntelliCode) and maintain some OSS projects (CodeTour, GistPad, CodeSwing, WikiLens)
Interesting! So you have multiple developers using the same Gist to sync extensions amongst themselves? I've seen the extension pack method used to synchronize a curated set of extensions amongst a team, that's focused on team-relevant extensions as opposed to user-specific personalizations/preferences.
Why use custom extension Pack when you can share your settings using Settings Sync extension :)
Interesting! So you have multiple developers using the same Gist to sync extensions amongst themselves? I've seen the extension pack method used to synchronize a curated set of extensions amongst a team, that's focused on team-relevant extensions as opposed to user-specific personalizations/preferences.
Yes, the GitHub Gist will be shared amoung developers and the owner can only push into the gist allowing the users lists to download the settings.
Read post here:
How to share your visual studio code settings and extensions
Shan Khan ・ Aug 2 ・ 1 min read