VSCode, how to exclude settings.json from editor.formatOnSave

Question

I set editor.formatOnSave to true in settings.json, so every files (e.g. python, json, jsonc, etc.) is formatted on save. But I don't want to format automatically only when I edit settings.json.

I tried to add // fmt: off and // @ts-nocheck on first line of settings.json, but strings in settings.json were formatted automatically on save.

Could you tell me solutions?

Answer 1

Here are steps:

1. Open your user or workspace settings in VS Code. You can do this by pressing Ctrl + , or Cmd + , on your keyboard.

2. Click on the "Open Settings (JSON)" icon in the top-right corner of the Settings tab. This opens the settings.json file.

3. Add or modify the "editor.formatOnSave" setting in your settings.json file to include an exception for the settings.json file. Also, include the "files.exclude" setting.

4. The "files.exclude" setting uses glob patterns to match files and directories to be excluded from certain operations. In this case, it's set to exclude any file named settings.json in any directory.

5. Save the settings.json file.