vscodium/docs/migration.md

Migration

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• Migrating from Visual Studio Code to VSCodium

Migrating from Visual Studio Code to VSCodium

VSCodium (and a freshly cloned copy of vscode built from source) stores its extension files in ~/.vscode-oss. So if you currently have Visual Studio Code installed, your extensions won't automatically populate. You can reinstall your extensions from the Marketplace in VSCodium, or copy the extensions from ~/.vscode/extensions to ~/.vscode-oss/extensions.

Visual Studio Code stores its keybindings.json and settings.json file in these locations:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Code\User
• macOS: $HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/User
• Linux: $HOME/.config/Code/User

You can copy these files to the VSCodium user settings folder:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\VSCodium\User
• macOS: $HOME/Library/Application Support/VSCodium/User
• Linux: $HOME/.config/VSCodium/User

To copy your settings manually:

• In Visual Studio Code, go to Settings (Command+, if on a Mac)
• Click the three dots ... and choose 'Open settings.json'
• Copy the contents of settings.json into the same place in VSCodium