Live-share: Document the `liveshare.{account,accountProvider}` Settings
I've been trying to figure out how to configure both the "liveshare.account" & "liveshare.accountProvider" settings. The best I could come up with was that they're expected to be type: string (from the Extensions package.json file...). I would rather have sent a PR than Feedback, but that's the best I could do. Could you offer any clarification on those two settings?
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- ID: 6a671ef3-7321-b9b6-2ca5-9378c613a31b
- Version Independent ID: 26462292-c010-d177-6ebb-6d63ae82e5f7
- Content: Collaborate using Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Live Share - Visual Studio Live Share
- Content Source: docs/use/vscode.md
- Service: vs-liveshare
- Product: visual-studio-family
- GitHub Login: @Chuxel
- Microsoft Alias: clantz
derekclair
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I think these settings are probably deprecated.
@jasongin to provide more information.
daytonellwanger
on 12 Jun 2018
They are not deprecated, but they are rarely needed. They enable you to select which account should be used for _automatic_ sign-in in case you have cached credentials for multiple accounts available.
For example, imagine you work on 2 projects with which you want to sign in with different identities. You could set the "liveshare.account" setting to different email addresses in each project directory to ensure they each automatically sign-in with the correct account. The "liveshare.accountProvider" setting could be set to either "microsoft" or "github" in case you use the same email address with multiple providers.
jasongin
on 12 Jun 2018
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They are not deprecated, but they are rarely needed. They enable you to select which account should be used for _automatic_ sign-in in case you have cached credentials for multiple accounts available.
For example, imagine you work on 2 projects with which you want to sign in with different identities. You could set the
"liveshare.account"setting to different email addresses in each project directory to ensure they each automatically sign-in with the correct account. The"liveshare.accountProvider"setting could be set to either"microsoft"or"github"in case you use the same email address with multiple providers.