insert_final_newline = false not working

[ccmywish]

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• I tried running code --disable-extensions and the issue did NOT present itself.

Issue

On Windows 11

	Visual Studio Code	editorconfig-vscode
Version	1.76.1	0.16.4

Root .editorconfig File

root = true

[*]
indent_style = space
indent_size = 2
charset = utf-8
trim_trailing_whitespace = true
insert_final_newline = false

Are there any other relevant .editorconfig files in your project? No

Visual Studio Code Setting	Default	User	Workspace
editor.insertSpaces	true	____	____
editor.tabSize	4	_	_
editor.trimAutoWhitespace	true	____	____
files.autoSave	"off"	"___"	"___"
files.insertFinalNewline	false	_____	_____
files.trimTrailingWhitespace	false	_____	_____

File opened

Any file

Expected behavior

Without adding final new line automatically when insert_final_newline = false

Actual behavior

Always adding final new line automatically

[RobertAKARobin]

Same here, very annoying.

[mcandre]

As a workaround, the user can enable the global VSCode Trim Final Newlines option.

However, that has poor integration with EditorConfig. And, if you happen to be working on text fixtures, then you cannot adjust this setting on a per directory basis. You're stuck with either over-sanitized test fixture files, or else under-sanitized source code files.

[GabenGar]

@mcandre
While you can't adjust the setting on per-directory basis, you can on per-language instead.
So something like this in the settings.json:

{
  "[javascript]": {
    "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
    "files.trimFinalNewlines": true
  },
  "[markdown]": {
    "files.insertFinalNewline": false
    "files.trimFinalNewlines": false
  },
}

Per-directory can be achieved too but only for vscode, by creating ./vscode/settings.json in the directory with the settings you need.

[serkonda7]

I have it too: insert_final_newline = false is not respected, if the user setting of VS Code has this set to true.

Please fix this or at least mention in the readme too.

[mcandre]

I am not a fan of configuring text editors. I float between several. I specifically use EditorConfig to avoid this problem. If I wanted to perform the configuration with VSCode, then I wouldn't be using EditorConfig.