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Using Settings Sync Shift + Alt + D to download from GitHub to VSCode, Shift+ALT_U to upload from VSCode to GitHub.

My default settings are:

// Place your settings in this file to overwrite the default settings
{
    // Controls how folders are being reopened after a restart. Select 'none' to never reopen a folder, 'one' to reopen the last folder you worked on or 'all' to reopen all folders of your last session.
    "window.reopenFolders": "all",
    // Controls auto save of dirty files. Accepted values:  "off", "afterDelay", "onFocusChange" (editor loses focus), "onWindowChange" (window loses focus). If set to "afterDelay", you can configure the delay in "files.autoSaveDelay".
    "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
    "files.autoSaveDelay": 1000,


    // Disable IntelliSense for words.
    // https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/intellisense
    // Enable word based suggestions
    "editor.wordBasedSuggestions": false,
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Default Dark+",

    "git.confirmSync": false,
    "git.enableSmartCommit": true,
    "git.autofetch": true,

    "workbench.startupEditor": "newUntitledFile",
    "workbench.welcome.enabled": false,

    "prettier.singleQuote": true,
    "prettier.eslintIntegration": true,
    "prettier.tabWidth": 2,
    "prettier.semi": false,
    "editor.fontFamily": "'Fira Code', Menlo, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace",
    "editor.fontLigatures": true,

    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    "javascript.implicitProjectConfig.checkJs": true,
    "sync.gist": "5e1466108c7146ffa224f5d35e61b4a1",
    "sync.lastUpload": "2017-12-03T14:02:28.908Z",
    "sync.autoDownload": false,
    "sync.autoUpload": false,
    "sync.lastDownload": "",
    "sync.forceDownload": false,
    "sync.host": "",
    "sync.pathPrefix": "",
    "sync.quietSync": false,
    "sync.askGistName": false,
    "python.formatting.provider": "yapf",
    
    "extensions.ignoreRecommendations": false,
    "terminal.integrated.rendererType": "dom"
}

<CTRL-P> ext install vscode-solarized, then ` File > Preferences > Color Theme. (Code > Preferences > Color Theme on Mac)`

Some notes on Terminal.