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Select all matches in VS Code

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I came across a need to select all matches in VS Code. This was the procedure, thanks to stack overflow. I altered them for Mac, since that’s what I was using. For Windows/Linux, substitute CMD with CTRL

  1. CMD + F
  2. Type your search string
  3. CMD + SHIFT + L to select all occurrences found (max. 999)
  4. ESC (or close search dialog with top-right X)
  5. CMD + C
  6. Open new file
  7. CMD + V

Works great! It’s a way for me to easily get ONLY my search string from a file and discard the rest.

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GIT branch and merge from vs code

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I’ve configured VS Code to follow git best practices when it comes to creating branches and merging via pull requests. Here are my notes:

Install gitlens plugin

To open the command pallet: F1 or Command Shift P
CP is short for Command Pallet for following commands.

CP : git clone

  • Enter <repo URL> -> select destination
  • optional: add folder to workspace (bottom right)

CP: git add remote

  • select repository -> label upstream

CP: git fetch from all remotes

CP: git create branch from

  • select repo -> provide name -> select upstream/master

Click on a file in the repo, verify you’re in your new branch (bottom left)

Publish branch to your repo:

CP: git publish branch

  • select repo -> origin

Make your changes

Commit your changes to your branch (git icon on the left – type commit message, optionally compare files) – hit check mark to commit

— your changes are committed to your personal repo branch —

Log into gitlab, go to repo, click Compare & pull request

If you ever need to remove upstream URL:

CP: git remove remote