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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Note that the recipes and dependencies eg bump2version are out of date.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

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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

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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

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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

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#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)

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

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

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