microsoft / microsoft/mso

Migrate from .vscode/* to .editorconfig

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Description

Editorconfig is not specific to a particular IDE, and is therefore a better choice, assuming it can do what we need.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Inspect the repository's existing .vscode/* configuration and compare its settings with what .editorconfig supports. Confirm which settings must be preserved and consider the migration complete when the needed editor behavior is represented in .editorconfig and the obsolete .vscode/* configuration can be removed.

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Assessment

Domain
tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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