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Troubleshooting personalization options for GitHub Codespaces
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Troubleshooting steps for common issues with dotfiles and Settings Sync.
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You can personalize {% data variables.product.prodname_github_codespaces %} by using a dotfiles repository on {% data variables.product.product_name %} or by using Settings Sync. For more information, see "AUTOTITLE."

Troubleshooting dotfiles

If your codespace fails to pick up configuration settings from dotfiles, you should work through the following debugging steps.

  1. Enable dotfiles by selecting Automatically install dotfiles in your personal {% data variables.product.prodname_github_codespaces %} settings.

    Screenshot of the "Dotfiles" section of the codespace settings, with the "Automatically install dotfiles" option cleared.

  2. Check /workspaces/.codespaces/.persistedshare/dotfiles to see if your dotfiles were cloned.

    • If your dotfiles were cloned, try manually re-running your install script to verify that it is executable.
    • If your dotfiles were not cloned, check /workspaces/.codespaces/.persistedshare/EnvironmentLog.txt to see if there was a problem cloning them.

  3. Check /workspaces/.codespaces/.persistedshare/creation.log for possible issues. For more information, see Creation logs.

If the configuration from your dotfiles is correctly picked up, but part of the configuration is incompatible with codespaces, use the $CODESPACES environment variable to add conditional logic for codespace-specific configuration settings. For more information about configuration that may be incompatible with codespaces, see:

Troubleshooting Settings Sync

{% data reusables.codespaces.disabling-settings-sync %}