replaceCodeSettings in the syncLocalSettings.json file doens't work for "http.proxy"

[JoelKle]

🐛 Describe the bug
I have the exact szenario you descriped on your blogpost:
http://shanalikhan.github.io/2016/07/31/Visual-Studio-code-sync-setting-edit-manually.html

I have to use a proxy on my company computer but not on my private computer.
So I set in my VSCode Settings (settings.json) my company proxy:
"http.proxy": "http://company-proxy.int.de:8080",

And to overwrite on my private computer this setting my syncLocalSettings.json file looks like this (token removed):
{ "ignoreUploadFiles": [ "projects.json", "projects_cache_vscode.json", "projects_cache_git.json", "projects_cache_svn.json", "gpm_projects.json", "gpm-recentItems.json" ], "ignoreUploadFolders": [ "workspaceStorage" ], "ignoreExtensions": [], "replaceCodeSettings": { "http.proxy": "" }, "gistDescription": "Visual Studio Code Settings Sync Gist", "version": 324, "token": "", "downloadPublicGist": false, "supportedFileExtensions": [ "json", "code-snippets" ], "openTokenLink": true, "disableUpdateMessage": false, "lastUpload": "2019-01-19T18:26:44.963Z", "lastDownload": "2019-01-18T09:53:25.848Z", "githubEnterpriseUrl": null, "askGistName": false, "customFiles": {}, "hostName": null }

But it doens't work. The http.proxy varaible will not be overwritten and set to null.
I can see in the debug console, that he try to reach my company proxy if I use it on my private computer.

Why is the http.proxy variable not overwritten on my private computer?

🌴 Visual Studio Code Version : [ 1.30.2 ]
🌴 Code Settings Sync Version : [ 3.2.4 ]
🌴 Standard or Insiders : [ Standart ]
🌴 Operating System : [ private = Ubuntu 18.04; company = Win10 ]
🌴 Occurs On: [Upload and Download ]
🌴 Proxy Enabled: [ Yes and No ]

📰 To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Set http.proxy variable on computer 1 in settings.json
2. Upload settings from computer 1
3. Set replaceCodeSettings => http.proxy variable to null in syncLocalSettings.json on computer 2
4. Download settings on computer 2
5. Try to upload settings on computer 2
6. Download / Upload on computer 2 doens't work because he try to use the proxy

💪 Expected behavior
http.proxy variable is set to null on my private computer (where I overwrite the variable)

[shanalikhan]

its replaced.
see details here
https://github.com/shanalikhan/code-settings-sync/wiki/Sync-Pragmas

thanks for letting me know, i will update the blog post.

[JoelKle]

Thank you. It worked.

[arnauldvm]

its replaced.
see details here
https://github.com/shanalikhan/code-settings-sync/wiki/Sync-Pragmas

thanks for letting me know, i will update the blog post.

Wow, at last I found a solution for a months long problem I had.
Thank you for that!
It really deserves being clearly mentioned in the documentation...

[rrileyca]

I am so confused by the documentation here: https://github.com/shanalikhan/code-settings-sync/wiki/Sync-Pragmas

Can you give a concrete example? Do you put the // @sync string in settings.json or in syncLocalSettings.json? Where do you put it? This does not seem to work for me.

Edit1: Further, in the link above, there is a line that says you can get more info but leads you to irrelevant information
"hostName must be set in syncLocalSettings.json. More info here"