Subject: Re: [PATCH] vscode: improve tab size and wrapping

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:55:31 -0700

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]> writes:

> From: Derrick Stolee <[email-masked]>
>
> The contrib/vscode/init.sh script initializes the .vscode directory with
> some helpful metadata so VS Code handles Git code better.
>
> One big issue that VS Code has is detecting the tab width based on file
> type. ".txt" files were not covered by this script before, so add them
> with the appropriate tab widths. This prevents inserting spaces instead
> of tabs and keeps the tab width to eight instead of four or two.
>
> While we are here, remove the "editor.wordWrap" settings. The editor's
> word wrap is only cosmetic: it does not actually insert newlines when
> your typing goes over the column limit. This can make it appear like you
> have properly wrapped code, but it is incorrect. Further, existing code
> that is over the column limit is wrapped even if your editor window is
> wider than the limit. This can make reading such code more difficult.
> Without these lines, VS Code renders the lines accurately, without
> "ghost" newlines.
>
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <[email-masked]>
> ---

Nicely described and I found it very easy to understand the
reasoning behind every change, even though I am not a regular user
of the VS Code environment.

>     Abhradeep was having similar issues, which drove me to actually submit
>     the change.
>     
>     Thanks, -Stolee

Thanks, both.

>
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1271%2Fderrickstolee%2Fvscode-improvements-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1271/derrickstolee/vscode-improvements-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1271
>
>  contrib/vscode/init.sh | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/vscode/init.sh b/contrib/vscode/init.sh
> index f139fd86444..521d3037225 100755
> --- a/contrib/vscode/init.sh
> +++ b/contrib/vscode/init.sh
> @@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ cat >.vscode/settings.json.new <<\EOF ||
>          "editor.detectIndentation": false,
>          "editor.insertSpaces": false,
>          "editor.tabSize": 8,
> -        "editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn",
> -        "editor.wordWrapColumn": 80,
> +        "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true
> +    },
> +    "[txt]": {
> +        "editor.detectIndentation": false,
> +        "editor.insertSpaces": false,
> +        "editor.tabSize": 8,
>          "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true
>      },
>      "files.associations": {
>
> base-commit: e4a4b31577c7419497ac30cebe30d755b97752c5