Extending settings.json in VSCode [duplicate]

Question

I'd like to check a version of VSCode's settings.json into our team's git repo while still allowing for individual devs to add their own settings on top of that (i.e. in case they want to configure some extension they're using). Is it possible to tell VSCode to look at two different files? I.e. settings.json and settings-local.json, where settings-local.json is git-ignored.

Answer 1

Use code --user-data-dir /path/to/user/data/dir to run vscode. VS Code will automatically generate some folders in the selected directory, and settings.json will be located in: SELECTED_DIRECTORY/User/settings.json.