Where does code store its data ?

[kabeza]

Does anyone know where does code store its config options, data, etc. ?

I've corrupted my ElementaryOS install, could access safe mode and connect to smb drive outside my PC

Now I'd like to copy/backup code's data folder so when I reinstall Elementary I restore that folder and then I could open code and have all the previous opened files and also the the unsaved one restored, right ?

Thanks

[jeremypw]

If you create a new file in Code it is saved temporarily in the /home/<username>/.local/share/io.elementary.code/unsaved folder until you save it yourself in the location of your choosing.

Once you have a document saved in the location of your choice, often a subdirectory of the Documents subfolder of your home folder (/home/<username>/), then that is where it stays until you move it. While you are editing it, there is a backup file in the same folder with the same name plus a ~. If you have the "Save files when changed" option on, which I think is the default, then the document is automatically saved whenever you stop typing for more than 1 second. So the disk file should differ very little from the document shown in Code.

Code's settings are stored in your home folder in the file /home/<username>/.config/dconf/user in the schema io/elementary/code. This file needs the dconf-editor app to be read.

[kabeza]

Wow. Excellent answer @jeremypw
Thanks