Answer by Bravo Stack for Should I commit the .vscode folder to source control?

Okay, this may seem pretty late, but if you're finding it difficult to ignore .vscode/ without including any sub-file, you could just ignore the directory:

.vscode/

and then manually track the file you want:

git add -f .vscode/launch.json

The -f adds files even when they're ignored. Once Git sees changes to .vscode/launch.json you'll be prompted to commit them just like any other file.

this actually worked for me, caused i experience the same issue, trying to ignore the .vscode/ path, without including a sub-file settings.json