VS Code’s Copilot-powered commit message generator is a powerful tool. In this post, I’ll walk through how to enhance its output to better reflect your team’s conventions and make your commits more consistent. The commit message before I have just added a new Unit Test to my Go project and select the “Generate Commit Messages […]
I am using VS Code as my IDE for Go and thought it would be worth sharing a tip I learnt about additional tools to include after the official Go extension from Google had been installed. Bring up the command pallet (ctl + shift + p) and type: go install/update tools and you will be […]
The Windows\Linux keyboard shortcut for removing trailing spaces in VS Code is: Ctrl + K Ctrl + X On macOS it is: ⌘ + K ⌘ + X Alternatively you can access the option via the Command Palette. (Windows\Linux: Ctrl+Shift+P macOS: ⇧⌘P, F1) and type trim which will shorten the options, select the command “Trim […]
VS Code has a Screencast mode which highlights the cursor position and outputs the keystrokes which can be useful for demos or presentations. Originally introduced in VS Code 1.31 It has been enhanced in VS Code 1.63. Turning on Screencast Open the command palette (Windows & macOS: F1) and type: toggle screencast mode With screencast […]
When you start to use VS Code to debug a Django project you may bump into the exception shown in the screenshot above Exception has occurred: ImportError Couldn’t import Django. Are you sure it’s installed and available This post explains how to reproduce the problem and how to resolve it. The Django project referenced in […]
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