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vscode files cache location (for recovery) #8

Open sanjarcode opened 11 months ago

sanjarcode commented 11 months ago

Context

I have used this many times to get unsaved stuff back. Examples:

Once it was because GitHub was down (push didn't actually work), and I had deleted the repo.
I forgot to save stuff but needed it.

Locations

macos - ~/Library/Application Support/Code/Backups/, see chatGPT
linux - ~/.config/Code/, see StackOverflow

What to do

grep something you can remember uniquely about the file, or browse naively.
Copy the folder somewhere safe, as the cache may invalidated anytime.
Open the folder using an editor and global search, vscode is fine too :)