Add Find The Location Of User Settings JSON File as a VSCode TIL

Author: jbranchaud

README.md

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 - [Enable Breadcrumbs For Version 1.26 Release](vscode/enable-breadcrumbs-for-version-126-release.md)
+- [Find The Location Of User Settings JSON File](vscode/find-the-location-of-user-settings-json-file.md)
 - [Open An Integrated Terminal Window](vscode/open-an-integrated-terminal-window.md)
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vscode/find-the-location-of-user-settings-json-file.md

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+# Find The Location Of User Settings JSON File
+
+There are a ton ways to customize and fine-tune VS Code. All of the settings
+have defaults which can then be customized on a workspace and user level.
+Typically you'll access these files within VS Code via the Command Palette. I
+was curious though: since it is just a JSON file, surely I can view and modify
+it with any editor.
+
+On a Mac, the user-level `settings.json` file is located at
+`~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/User/settings.json`.
+
+Open it up and you might see something like this:
+
+```json
+{
+  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+  "window.zoomLevel": 1,
+  "workbench.editor.showTabs": "single"
+}
+```
+
+A handful of settings with specific overrides.
+
+Feel free to edit what is in here or add other settings that you want to set.
+Just make sure you know what you're doing and that you set valid values.
+
+The VS Code docs list [the locations of these files on other operating
+systems](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings#_settings-file-locations).
+
+[source](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53840644/location-of-vs-code-preferences)