Andrew Sears asears

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Chat variables

Use chat variables in your chat prompt to reference context that is relevant to your question.

Chat variable Description

#changes The list of source control changes.

DevContainers

Java 24, Node 22

https://github.com/jabrena/setup/blob/main/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

https://github.com/jabrena/setup/blob/main/.devcontainer/Dockerfile

Rust

MCP Configurations on GitHub

https://github.com/search?q=path%3A.vscode%2Fmcp.json&type=code

As of April 13, 2025 there are 147 files.

Security

MCP uses a PAT token which may be considered insecure.
There are some scanners for MCP, however some may send back information and telemetry to source.

VS Code Prompt Files

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/copilot-customization#_reusable-prompt-files-experimental

To enable prompt files, configure the chat.promptFiles VS Code setting. By default, prompt files are located in the .github/prompts directory of your workspace. You can also specify additional folders where prompt files are located.

Set the chat.promptFiles setting to true for the .github/prompts directory.

Create a .prompt.md file in the .github/prompts directory of your workspace.

Nox Cookbook

https://nox.thea.codes/en/stable/cookbook.html

Note that the recipes and dependencies eg bump2version are out of date.

tox-uv

uv tool install tox --with tox-uv # use uv to install

Migrate to UV

https://bluesock.org/~willkg/blog/dev/switch_pyenv_to_uv.html

uv python install 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
uv tool install --with tox-uv tox

Git Worktree

Alternative to git stash save -m "mywip"
Alternative to cloning the repo again
'clone' a worktree tracked folder

git worktree add -b feature/mybranch ../myfolder main

KDiff3

Fast on Linux and Windows, and supports 3-way merging! Diffinity and Meld are a couple of other viable options.

KDiff3 Merge Tutorial

Install KDiff3

winget install KDE.KDiff3

	#requires -RunAsAdministrator

	# .\Setup-Windows11-VM.ps1 -VMName 'W11' -SwitchName 'Default Switch' -ISOFile 'C:\Users\jeffmill\Downloads\ISO\Windows 11 - Version 22H2.iso' -VMPath 'E:\VM'

	Param(
	# Virtual Machine Name
	[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$VMName,
	# Virtual Switch to be used - see Get-VMSwitch
	[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$SwitchName,
	# Full path for the install media (ISO file)

	$ScriptBlock =
	{
	Param([int]$RunNumber)

	$filename = Join-Path ([IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) "powershell-$RunNumber.doc"

	'Opening Word ...'
	$oWord = New-Object -Com Word.Application
	$oWord.Visible = $true