How do I edit .bash_profile with Visual Studio Code? It gives me a permission error

Question

I want to edit .bash_profile with VS Code, but it presents a permission error when I try to save. Sublime typically prompts me with a Administrator login prompt.

Here's my current workflow...

1. From the Terminal, code ~/.bash_profile
2. Edit file in VS Code
3. Command+S
4. Permission Error: denied

Answer 1

Running vscode under sudo permissions is coming in the April release. Initially you will need to launch a new instance of VSCode and it will only be able to edit root-owned files, see https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3068 for more details on the feature.

However, I recommend you change the ownership of ~/.bash_profile though as there's not reason you shouldn't be owning that file:

sudo chown YOUR_USER_NAME ~/.bash_profile