Add ability to extend from other settings files

Inspired by TSLint's ability to [extend](https://palantir.github.io/tslint/2016/03/31/sharable-configurations-rules.html) configuration files, it would be nice if `.vscode/settings.json` could behave the same way. So if I have some global settings set up: `~/example-repo/.vscode/my-company-settings.json`: ```json { "editor.tabSize": 2, "editor.insertSpaces": true, "editor.formatOnSave": false } ``` I can use them in another file, without having to duplicate the settings: `~/example-repo/my-project/.vscode/settings.json`: ```json { "extends": "../../.vscode/my-company-settings.json", "editor.formatOnSave": true, "editor.fontLigatures": true } ``` And the computed settings for `~/example-repo/my-project/.vscode/settings.json` would be: ```json { "editor.tabSize": 2, "editor.insertSpaces": true, "editor.formatOnSave": true, "editor.fontLigatures": true } ``` Scenario: Multi-root workspace doesn't solve this for our use case. We have a bunch of npm modules each in their own git repository. We have a package which contains our shared tsconfig.json and tslint.json settings that all the other packages include with extends. We don't use a multi-root workspace since the idea is that people can clone the specific package(s) they need to work on. Every repository contains the exact same .vscode directory which is essentially copy&pasted all over the place. Maintaining the .vscode settings for the projects is "not pretty" compared to the tsconfig.json and tsl

Posted by maxdeviant on Nov 22, 2016, 7:27 PM

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