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GaryFurash
GaryFurash

Reputation: 901

How to create a global tasks in VS Code? (user task)

Is there a way to make "global" tasks, or do I always need to copy the same tasks.json into every project directory? VSCode seems to require that the task be in a .vscode directory within the current project folder.

Upvotes: 68

Views: 21512

Answers (5)

starball
starball

Reputation: 51040

For VS Code 1.42 and above

Use the user tasks.json file, which you can open with the Tasks: Open User Tasks command in the command palette. Upon using it for the first time / when the file doesn't exist, it will prompt you to select a template to help get you started. The file is located in the same directory as user settings. Profiles can also have a default tasks.json file.

The relevant release note is here in the January 2020 release notes:

Tasks declared in tasks.json are now supported at the User Settings level. If you have a build script that you use across many projects, or if you don't want your tasks in a project folder, you can add your tasks in the user tasks.json file. [...] these tasks will be available across all folders and workspaces. Only the shell and process task types are supported here.

I think that last bit about only shell and process types is outdated / became outdated at some point in later releases. I can currently get suggestions for other task types in the type property, and can select those tasks from the task selection quick pick menu.

The relevant historical issue ticket is: Test user level tasks #89343.

Upvotes: 1

Matt Bierner
Matt Bierner

Reputation: 65463

I'm on the VSCode team. As of VSCode 1.8, global configuration is not supported, but the feature is on our radar: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/1435

Please let us know on GitHub if you have any suggestions on how this should behave.

Upvotes: 26

benshabatnoam
benshabatnoam

Reputation: 7660

User level tasks is an available feature since VSCode January 2020 (version 1.42).

From the Release Notes:

Tasks declared in tasks.json are now supported at the User Settings level. If you have a build script that you use across many projects, or if you don't want your tasks in a project folder, you can add your tasks in the user tasks.json file. Run the Tasks: Open User Tasks command to create user level tasks and these tasks will be available across all folders and workspaces. Only the shell and process task types are supported here.

In the Command Palette (CTRL + SHIFT + P) type:

> Tasks: Open User Tasks

Upvotes: 44

Danyil
Danyil

Reputation: 43

Feature is now supported in VSCode-Insiders version, just create a tasks.json where settings.json is located. (On windows it's "AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User") Global tasks will be overwritten if project's tasks.json exists.

Upvotes: 2

Jan
Jan

Reputation: 16144

I found that Extension: Global Config

Copies global config files (settings.json, tasks.json, etc.) to workspace config folder

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Gruntfuggly.global-config

Upvotes: 6

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